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E-learning professor joins virtual dental school
25th Jan 2010
Professor Frank Rennie, leading the way in dental e-learning
An expert on teaching students via the internet is helping to develop an international virtual dental school.
Frank Rennie, professor of sustainable rural development at the prospective University of the Highlands and Islands, will help to spread dental healthcare education across the world through flexible learning.
A pioneer in the use of online education, Professor Rennie is the second UHI collaborator to be involved in the UK government's £2.3 million IVIDENT (International Virtual Dental School) project which will be launched as UDENTE (Universal Dental E-learning) in May this year.
He joins Dr Isobel Madden, head of the Inverness-based UHI School of Oral Health Science.
King's College London, where the project is based, has awarded Professor Rennie a visiting professorship, and he is now on the International Advisory Board for UDENTE to advise on global flexible learning.
He said: ‘I am delighted to be involved in this exciting initiative which aims to change the way that dental education is presented and delivered to dental practitioners and students. The innovations will provide top quality digital teaching resources, not just for our own students, but for collaborating institutions all around the world."
He is working with Professor Patricia Reynolds, director of flexible learning at the King's College London Centre of Flexible Learning in Dentistry.
She said: ‘Professor Rennie's expertise in creating and researching global learning opportunities, especially in remote areas, resonates with key aims of the project. These are to develop, research and provide innovative dental healthcare education to a global audience through flexible learning.
‘King's is one of the five academic health science centres in the UK providing local clinical services, global research and education opportunities. Professor Rennie's advice on educational innovations will be invaluable.'
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