preparing animal behaviour lectures
DESCRIPTION
Shortened pdf of Keynote file. Seminar for NUS Librarians on 23 Apr 2008. I talked a lot more than the slide images indicate so am working on a page of links here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dcd59tvc_44fjw6bccfTRANSCRIPT
Preparing Animal Behaviour lectures
NUS Digital library, web2.0 and shareware contributions to
Student Profile
Cross-faculty (enrichment)
195 students
No ‘A’ level biology
70% from Faculty of Arts
16% SDE
Course issues
Appreciate animal behaviour
Avoid anthropomorphisms
Appreciate scientific approach
Not “I feel” but “evidence suggests”
Not biology undergraduates
Lecture profile
LT 26, 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
2.10pm - Late start
3.00pm, 10 mins - Mid-session break
3.45pm - Prompt end
Not 120 mins but 80 mins
No textbook
Market - mainly geared to biology students.
Library - a number of books they can reference.
Rapidly evolving field (e.g. lions and hyaenas)
Journal-based approach has advantages
I provide notes
No textbook
Course Structure
Subset of topics - Natural selection, Group living, Communication, Territoriality, Courtship and mating, Urban conflicts.
Case studies based on journal papers.
Localise!
Course Structure
Supplemented by articles, image, sound and video in lecture.
Module blog points to all these, rarely something additional.
Personal stories, local stories.
Part IApproach, supplements and joy of web2.0
Underlying science
Rapidly developing field, e.g. lions and hyaenas.
Lions - kingly, Hyaenas - scavengers.
Hyaena mums ignore pups that kill eat other.
Video is anthropomorphic
Journal use
Actually,
Lions steal from hyaenas.
Each site is unique.
Outcome of fights - body weight!
Hyaenas mums separate squabbling offspring, etc...
YEP
Sexual cannibalism
notes
popular articles
Dangers of courtingsolitary, aggressive females
Sexual cannibalismFemale’s food,fact or fiction?
Praying mantis
Catherine Chalmers
web2.0 - FLICKrShare and share alike
Dimorphic Jumping Spider(Maevia inclemens)
“Dance for females”Female signals receptivity
i.e. Courtship display affects mating decisionDiverse behaviour by males
OpoTerser
Two male morphsLong distance courtship - 9cmShort-distance courtship - 3cm
Maevia inclemens
Thanks for use and...
localise
Predatory femaleSeminal plugs in Nephila spp.
Mate while she’s busy!
Clementi Woods, Apr 2008Cai Yi Xiong’s photo series
Reading blog webpages
Blogstime-consuming,
not updated,
can be messy
Using Feeds
(Syndication)
Updates only
Clean look
Direct links
Photos too
Does it have a feed?
Which programme?
Webpage
Newsfeed
Part I - ReviewUnderlying science
Popular articles
delicious, blog
Flickr/CC
Localise!
RSS
Dwi Janto Johan
Part IIVideos and finding the science
Videos are critical
Early bird features: 6 - 8 mins clips
Interspersed in lectures: 1 - 3 mins
Evolution of availability
Japanese hornetalarm pheromone
60
Japanese bee thermal defense (1995)
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Japanese hornetalarm pheromone
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