Author Archives: geoff

Trophy

Posted on November 3, 2012 by geoff

Yesterday I went to a cocktail party where the academic award recipients received their prizes. It was a very pleasant function on the 10th floor of the Law building, with views over the docklands area to the west. I even … Continue reading →

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Student feedback for Biology

Posted on September 29, 2012 by geoff

just for interest I pasted the student  feedback “what did you like best about this subject” question into a wordcloud package (Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html). Makes a pretty picture.

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Dean’s Award for teaching excellence

Posted on May 1, 2012 by geoff

Continuing the theme of teaching honours this year, I’ve been given the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (Large Class). Time to polish the halo again. 🙂  

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Another teaching award

Posted on April 3, 2012 by geoff

I have just been advised that I have won the David White Award for Teaching Excellence in Science, Health, Agriculture and Veterinary Science. “Award recipients are acknowledged for their outstanding achievements across the various dimensions of teaching excellence: approaches to … Continue reading →

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Lecturer of the year award nominee 2011

Posted on March 8, 2012 by geoff

I must be doing something right – my ranking is now #4 in the University of Melbourne: http://www.lectureroftheyear.com.au/winners_list_2011.php  

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Professorship

Posted on October 13, 2011 by geoff

This year I finally got in an application for promotion to professor. I recently heard that this was successful. Woo Hoo!  Time to get new business cards and stationery organised.

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Concrete5 CMS

Posted on September 2, 2011 by geoff

Concrete5 is an interesting contribution to the free CMS spectrum.

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Move to new host

Posted on August 13, 2011 by geoff

My site has moved to a new host. Please report any difficulties

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How to generate high quality TIFF files from a powerpoint diagram

Posted on August 1, 2011 by geoff

If you “save as” a TIF file in powerpoint the output is very low resolution and unsuitable for submission to a journal for publication.  However there are alternative approaches.

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Lecturer of the Year Award: Top 10 nominee!

Posted on January 30, 2011 by geoff

I must be doing something right… I received this email recently: Dear Geoff Shaw, It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you on being one of top nominees of the 2010 UniJobs Lecturer of the Year Award, which places … Continue reading →

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