Microbiology & immersive multimedia: visualising microbes and their activities

9am – 10am BST, 10 June 2021 ‐ 1 hour

Skills & Techniques

The realisation of microbiology literacy in society can be facilitated by incorporating it into education curricula. Overcoming the challenge of visualizing the invisible world of microbes can be achieved through the appropriate multimedia teaching aids (MTAs)

Guidelines for the assessment and creation of adequate MTAs for educational purposes are discussed in this session with some fantastic examples of best practice.

Speakers

James Timmis

James has studied political science, philosophy, and health policy, and published on diverse aspects related to stakeholder involvement in healthcare innovation, pertinent decision-making and policy (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Timmis2). He is currently completing his PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His most recent work relates to stakeholder focussed innovation for biopharmaceutics and live biotherapeutic products. As an advisory member of the Multimedia Teaching Aid Task Force of the International Microbiology Literacy Initiative, he proposed a critical analysis of what types of Multimedia Teaching Aids are most effective for the teaching of microbiology topics to different cohorts and, together with Sem Barendse, is responsible for the academic supervision of the students working on this project.

Nicole van der Burgt

Nicole obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences at Maastricht University. At the University of Amsterdam she started a Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, with a specialization in Developmental and Therapeutic Biology. As she started to develop more interest in the communication of science to the public, she started a major in Science Communication at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam this year, as part of the Master's program. She is now working on an internship project for the Microbiology Literacy Initiative, in which they study the use of Multimedia Teaching Aids in microbiology education.

Roderick van Beek

Roderick completed a bachelors in Health and Life Sciences (specialization biomedical sciences) at the VU Amsterdam. He is currently in his 2nd year of the Master MPA in which he specializes in Management & Entrepreneurship. Currently he is an intern at SfAM on the Microbiology Literacy Initiative under supervison of James Timmis and Sem Barendse where he focuses on videos and how they could be used or created to teach microbiology to primary school children. Roderick is planning on graduating at the end of June 2021 and sees himself working in the field of (sustainable) healthcare technology.

Diana Spijkerman

Diana's background ranges from the medical sciences, which she focussed on during her bachelors, to the workings and optimization in business management, while at the same time always interested to find ways to enable others to achieve the result they strive for. This year she started her master Management, Policy Analysis and Entrepreneurship for Health and Life sciences to explore the societal nuances in policy and management. Currently, she is working on her internship for the Microbiology Literacy Initiative to create guidelines for the use of educational animated videos.

Bob Hermanns

Bob Hermanns is a postgraduate student in Management, Policy Analysis & Entrepreneurship in Health & Life Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam. Bob is currently working on a research internship for SfAM, where he focuses on how video games can be used in microbiology education.

Sem Barendse

Sem Barendse is a science education and researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and an experience science host of several Dutch television and online programs, projects and events. Graduated in Biomedical Sciences (BSc.) and Science Communication (MSc.), respectively moving from a beta background to social sciences, aiming to translate academic knowledge and skills to a broader audience.