Three teaching modules have been highly commended by the judging panel in the 2015-16 Aberystwyth University Exemplary Course Awards.

The highest-ranked module was ‘Developing Internet-Based Application’, led by Chris Loftus from the Department of Computer Science.

Also highly commended were the ‘Computer Vision’ module led by Dr Hannah Dee from Computer Science, and ‘Advances in Invertebrate Zoology’ led by Dr David Wilcockson from IBERS.

Established by the university’s Information Services E-learning Group, which supports technology-enhanced learning and teaching, the annual awards honour modules which demonstrate exemplary practice in four areas: course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment and learner support.

The criteria for the awards is based on the international Blackboard Exemplary Course Programme.

The winning modules were selected by an anonymous panel including teaching and administrative staff as well as student representation.

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