Category: Teaching
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A teaching academic
Academics have lots of jobs within their jobs. Sometimes the biggest job is teaching, and sometimes not.
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They’re back!
Some of our students are back in the labs, physically, and I get to teach them again. Also climbing on the Gower.
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Fake worlds
To feel less locked in we’re spending more time in virtual worlds.
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Teaching Truths
It’s in the title. We’re going to try and climb outdoors by the sea in a short dry spell, and talk about some of the truths of teaching on the way.
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Daily Anatomy (Android 1.3.2 update)
I’ve been working with a bug in the Android version of the Daily Anatomy app that meant the app didn’t update with a new question each day for some users that maybe didn’t use their Android devices much. I think I’ve fixed it – fingers crossed and I’ve sent the new version to Google’s Play…
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Animations
The animations for Embryology at a Glance that Steve Atherton has been creating have started going up on YouTube. We’ll keep working on them and keep adding to the channel. The animations are intended to support the text and illustrations in the textbook. Go and have a look:
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Embryology at a Glance, 2nd Edition
The second edition of Embryology at a Glance will be on sale as a paperback from 20th May, and I think digital copies are available in some areas now. We’ve added a few chapters on stem cells, cell signalling and antenatal screening with the usual full page of illustrations beside a full page of fairly…
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Daily Anatomy Question app at release version
Kim and I have been working on a final icon for the app, and the app itself is now at a build release that I’m sending out to testers. I’ll see what testing brings over the next week or so, and if all is good the next stage will be submission to the app store.…
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Daily Anatomy Questions iPhone App
This year I’ve been working on a new iPhone app, and it’s getting close to being ready for release. This is the Daily Anatomy app, and it will present a randomly selected anatomy multiple choice question every day. Each answer includes a description about why the correct answer is correct, with some associated anatomy tidbits.…
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Lymphatic drainage of the lower limb
Adder by Wildlife Wanderer on Flickr. Today we talked about the anatomy of the lymphatic vessels of the lower limb, and the mechanisms by which lymph is transferred from lower limb tissues back to the abdomen, thorax and circulatory system. We used examples of elephantiasis (and the filariasis worm), peripheral oedema, exercise recovery (after running…