Dear Collegue,

I would be grateful if you could bring this notice to the attention of 
anyone in your department who might be interested.

Cheers,

Mick Pope

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UniServe*Science  DRY LABS WORKSHOP
12th April 1996, University of Sydney

FIRST CALL FOR REGISTRATION.

This is the First Call for registration for the workshop.  A second call will 
be made in the first week of March, followed by the full program at the end 
of March.

Workshop Theme:

This worshop is designed to explore the issues surrounding the replacement of 
the traditional “wet labs” with “dry labs”, where some of these labs cot of 
simulated laboratory experiences, and some are structured tutorials (often 
computer managed).  Questions to be addressed are those which are common to 
all the sciences and include: logistics and problems involved with set-up, 
teaching effectiveness and student response and the intellectual 
appropriateness of this approach.  The speakers for the workshop sessions are 
individuals who have had experience in the replacement and/or design of such 
computer based material.  

Cost:
This first workshop is offered free of charge, and is sponsered by 
UniServe*Science.

Time Table:

 9:30-11:00am		Welcome
			Keynote Talks - 
			Multimedia issues and scientific concerns
11:00-11:30am	        Morning Tea
11:30-1:30pm		Sessions A & B
 1:30-2:30pm		Lunch
 2:30-4:30pm		Sessions C & D
 4:30-5:00pm		Summary discussion

Sessions:

A: Dry Labs in a Chemistry Department
B: Dry Labs in a Biology Department
C: Dry Labs in Biochemistry Departments
D: Dry Labs in a Geology Department (TBC)

Individuals who have agreed so far to contribute to these sessions include: 
Rob Capon, Audrey Wilson, Fred Pamula, Mark Arundel, Michael Nott.

Travel Support:
Some support is available for those travelling to the workshop, sponsored by 
UniServe*Science.  The amount of this support is limited to $100 each to 
attendees from Victoria, remote NSW and south Queensland; and $200 for 
attendees from further afield. Note that travel support is against airfares 
only.  Depending on demand, the number of subsidies from any one department 
may have to be limited.
At the Australasian Deans of Science Conference in September 1995, there was 
wide-spread approval for the idea of workshops like this, and agreement that 
academics attending would need financial support.  Your Dean has been advised 
that this workshop is to be run.  If you are in need of support to allow you 
to attend you might apply to your faculty.

Registration of Interest:

Please complete the following form and email or mail to the address below.

Surname:......................................................................
Prefered Name:................................................................
Title:........................................................................
Institution:..................................................................
Address:......................................................................
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Telephone:.................................Fax:...............................
Email:........................................................................
Do you required airfare support?:.............................................

Correspondence:

Mr Mick Pope
UniServe*Science
Level 5, Carslaw Building (F07)
The University of Sydney
NSW, 2006

Telephone: (03) 351 5783
Facsimile: (03) 351 2175
Email: PhySciCH@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
World Wide Web: http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/SCH/workshop/drylabs