LTMS - Learning Technologies for Medical Sciences

Introduction

LTMS (formerly Faculty of Medical Sciences Computing, FMSC) is a section within the School of Medical Sciences Education Development which focuses on developing innovative approaches for supporting teaching and learning. Many people associate LTMS with the systems that support the MBBS programme including the Learning Support Environment (LSE) which provides an important part of the student experience, and MedSAS which supports administration across the regional Medical School.

Faculty Role

LT-MS develop and support numerous systems around the Faculty (e.g. VLE for MClinEd, ePortfolios for Dentistry, Bioscience and Postgraduate Research).

University-wide Impact

We process institutional data from SAP Campus Management and other sources on which numerous Faculty and University-wide systems rely.

Regional Engagement

Are engaging with partners around the region as part of the CETL4HealthNE and other initiatives such as the EPICS-2 regional ePortfolio and Northern deanery portfolio projects.

Leading role in T&L initiatives at Newcastle

We are playing a leading role in current University-wide T&L initiatives (e.g. RECAP lecture capture, OLAF online assessment, Postgraduate eProgression). Typically this is in close partnership with ISS, QuILT and stakeholders across the University.

IT Teaching

Tailored, innovative academic IT skills teaching and resources for all UG and PGRs in FMS.

Third Strand Income

LTMS bring in significant third strand income (over half of the 13 staff in LTMS are currently project funded). The technical and pedagogic outputs of these externally funded projects are fed back into Faculty systems.

Hosting

We host over 100 websites, including 15 for external organisations.

International Profile

We have an international profile (including the ‘eDoctoring’ project in partnership with the University of California and regular contributions to the international ePortfolio community).

Meet the Team!

Simon Cotterill Paul Drummond (Deputy Director) Andy Fanning Paul Horner Rebecca McCready Tony McDonald (Assistant Director) Richard Moon John Moss Dan Plummer Gordon Skelly John Snowdon Andy Stokes and David Teasdale.