LIVE Symposium “Learning to teach and teaching to learn: New pathways for veterinary education.”
28/06/10 Congratulations to Dr Sarah Baillie, who has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy. Sarah is only the second vet to achieve this status and had to demonstrate excellence across three categories: transforming the student learning experience, a commitment to ongoing professional development and supporting colleagues and influencing learning at their own institution and beyond.
16/06/10 Winners of this years LIVE Teaching Development Team Prize Awards 2010
07/05/10 LIVE Portfolio now available
30/04/10 LIVE Self Evaluation Report Available For Download
19/03/10 Dr Sarah Baillie, wins National Award - One of the UKRC’s six Women of Outstanding Achievement 2010, for her inspirational work in Discovery and Innovation within Science, Engineering and Technology (SET)
01/03/10 LIVEArt 3 News and pictures from the night.
16/01/09 Update: LIVE newsletter Our second issue of the LIVE newsletterhas now been published - take a look!
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LIVE is a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) based at the Royal Veterinary College, London.
Our Aims: To ensure that veterinary education meets the needs of capable committed, independent learners, from entry to retirement through an innovative programme of educational development and research.Transformation: LIVE is in the business of Linking Innovative Veterinary Educators! We want to work with all those interested in researching and developing innovative teaching and learning methods in veterinary science education. Our motivation to enhance and transform student learning is evidenced in our ongoing projects such as “VetConnect” (a clinical activity tool) where we explore the role of mobile technologies in enhancing student learning.
Lifelong and Independent: We are committed to preparing students for both independent and lifelong learning. Our educational / pedagogical research aims to empower self-motivated learners, capable of identifying and satisfying their individualised learning needs.
Clinical Skills: The clinical environment is an increasingly complex workplace which presents a challenge to student learning. The LIVE Centre houses a dedicated Clinical Skills Centre to support the training of communication skills, the development of clinical reasoning, and practical clinical skills. The Centre also focuses on research and development in the field of haptic simulations which are used in clinical training.
Professional Judgment and Reasoning LIVE aims to embrace best teaching and learning practice from across the international higher education arena. With a strong focus on practitioner engagement in continuing professional development (CPD), LIVE takes a close look into the development of professional skills for veterinary, para-veterinary and animal science students, in an increasingly competitive employment environment.
The LIVE team from top left;
Birgit Pirkelbauer, Peter Nunn, Jeffrey Bullock, Vicki Dale, Carrie Roder,Kirsty Magnier, Stephen May,
Land Ketsawang, Sarah Baillie, Martha Rodman, Tierney Kinnison, Ayona Silva-Fletcher
absent: Neil Forrest, Carol Gray, Kim Whittlestone