Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Science Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Graham Parslow

Awards

ASBMB logo2009 Invitrogen Education Award of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for outstanding achievement in education in biochemistry or molecular biology, especially innovation and creativity in education, with a view to fostering leadership in education (value $3,000). The award was used to visit and assist medical educators in Burma.




mdhs medal1998 Inaugural Excellence in Teaching Medal, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. Medal presented by Professor Richard Larkins as Dean, March 5th 1999.






1. Contributions to teaching and learning

2. Research

3. Knowledge transfer and brokering

4. Leadership and service

Publications

The regularly featured articles 'Websites of note' in BAMBED are not listed
  1. Parslow G.R. Learning preferences: Left hand right hand and on the other hand. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Nov/December 2011, 39:…
  2. Parslow G.R. The meteoric rise of mobile technologies Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September/October 2011, 39:396
  3. Parslow G.R. Bad medicine: bad teaching Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education July/August 2011, 39:326-327
  4. Parslow G.R. How the internet is changing the way we think Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May/June 2011, 39:228
  5. Parslow G.R. When innovation detracts from good teaching Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March/April 2011, 39:168
  6. Parslow G.R. Why we hate PowerPoint Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January/February 2011, 39:63>/li>
  7. Parslow G.R. Tablet PCs—Lightweights with a teaching punch Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September/October 2010, 38: 339–340
  8. Parslow G.R. Teaching biochemistry in Burma where low level technology supports good outcomes Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education November/December 2010, 38: 423–424
  9. Parslow G.R. eBooks and eReaders are ascending Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May/June 2010, 38: 193
  10. Parslow G.R. Heutagogy, the practice of self-learning Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March/April 2010, 38: 121
  11. Parslow G.R. Decaying numerical skills. “I can't divide by 60 in my head!” Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January/February 2010, 38: 46–47
  12. Parslow G.R. Downloaded lectures have been shown to produce better assessment outcomes Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education November/December 2009, 37: 375–376
  13. Parslow G.R. California Governor as terminator of the textbook Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September/October 2009, 37: 312
  14. Parslow G.R. Twitter for educational networking. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education July/August 2009, 37:255-256
  15. Parslow G.R. Second Life: educational applications of virtual worlds. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May/June 2009, 37:191-192
  16. Parslow G.R and Vella, F. Obituary: E.J.Wood 1941-2008 a tribute. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March/April 2009, 37:71-73. Wrote paper and provided 70% of information
  17. Parslow G.R. ePortfolios: beyond the curriculum vitae. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March/April 2009, 37:131-132
  18. Parslow G.R. Cloud computing - Offloading data and processing to the Web. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January/February 2009, 37: 63-64
  19. Parslow G.R. Web 2.0 - The users take control in the age of wikis and blogs. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education November/December 2008, 36:439
  20. Parslow G.R. 2400 Years of education. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September/October 2008, 36: 367-368
  21. Parslow G.R. Plagiarism. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. July/August 2008, 36: 304-305
  22. Parslow G.R. Enhancing assessment in the biological sciences. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May/June 2008, 36: 239
  23. Parslow G.R. The 60 million users of Facebook include our students and colleagues. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March/April 2008, 36: 166
  24. Parslow G.R. Interactive whiteboards. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education February 2008 , 36:76
  25. Parslow G.R. The prodigious growth and maturation of Wikipedia. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education December 2007, 35: 454-455
  26. Parslow G.R. Biochemistry, the game: A strategy to capture the gaming generation. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education October 2007, 35: 381-382
  27. Parslow G.R. Many students benefit from listening to lecture recordings. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. July 2007, 35: 306-307
  28. Parslow G.R. The best pointing and manipulating device in the world, our ten fingers. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education June 2007, 35: 222
  29. Parslow G.R. Clickers (personal response units) may add value to lectures. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education April 2007, 35: 156-157
  30. Parslow G.R. Just in time learning with radio frequency identification devices (RFIDs). Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education February 2007, 35:74-75
  31. Parslow G.R. Mystagogy, the third way. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education December 2006, 34: 453
  32. Parslow G.R. Mobile phones, a technology looking for a pedagogy. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September 2006, 34: 390
  33. Parslow G.R. Gender as a Factor in Multimedia Usage: Some observations and a little advice to offer. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education July 2006; 34: 309
  34. Parslow G.R. Space, the Final Frontier. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May 2006; 34: 231
  35. Parslow G.R. Effective Practice with e-Learning. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March 2006; 34: 157
  36. Parslow G.R. For and Against Learning Management Systems. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January 2006; 34: 53 - 54
  37. Parslow G.R. There Are Many (Biochemical) Paths to the Truth. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education November 2005; 33: 436
  38. Parslow, G.R. Then and Now, the history of the formation of the Biochemical Education special interest group. Australian Biochemist 2005 36(2):58
  39. Parslow G.R. Wiki: The Fast Way to Collaborative Authoring. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September 2005; 33: 371
  40. Parslow G.R. Curtis Bonk about Blended Learning. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education July 2005; 33: 309
  41. Parslow G.R. Curtis Bonk and Teaching and Administering in Stormy Times. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May 2005; 33: 234 - 235
  42. Parslow G.R. Virtual Universities Are Not About to Replace Face-to-Face Teaching. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March 2005; 33: 141
  43. Parslow G.R. E-mail works for me. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January 2005; 33: 63 - 64
  44. Parslow G.R. Metabolism: Dull, Lifeless, and Boring? Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education November 2004; 32: 415
  45. Gould, J., Livett, B., MacCaulay, J., Maxwell, R., Parslow, G.R. and van Damme, M. Multimedia collaboration. Nutritional and Hormonal Aspects of Diabetes. Publishers: Monash University and The University of Melbourne. A collaboration between Graham Parslow, Jonathan Gould, Janet Macaulay, Ron Maxwell, Marie-Paule Van Damme and Bruce Livett. (1999-2004), funded by a $50,000 grant. CD-ROM - ISBN: 0734026811 2004. Contributed 20% to the academic content
  46. Parslow G.R. BLOGs. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September 2004; 32: 358
  47. Parslow G.R. Tabula Rasa (Latin): A Clean Slate on Which Anything Can Be Written. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education July 2004; 32: 279
  48. Parslow G.R. Communicating Science. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May 2004; 32: 200
  49. Parslow G.R. Twenty Years of Computers in Biochemical Education: Orwell Denied. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March 2004; 32: 132
  50. Parslow G.R. Getting Help to Mark Multiple Choice Questions. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January 2004; 32: 56 - 57
  51. Parslow G.R. PowerPoint has swept all before it. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education November 2003; 31: 440
  52. Parslow G.R. Listen to the Message. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education July 2003; 31: 269
  53. Parslow G.R. To Google or Not to Google, that is the question. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May 2003; 31: 203
  54. Parslow G.R. When Can We Claim to Have Made Teaching Better Using Multimedia? Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March 2003; 31: 145
  55. Parslow G.R. PowerPoint: An Obligatory Change. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January 2003; 31: 62 - 63
  56. Parslow G.R. Teaching near the edge of chaos perchance to initiate a multimedia era. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education November 2002; 30: 427
  57. Parslow G.R. Upgrading (multimedia) teaching skills: clearly desirable but hard to achieve. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September 2002; 30: 328
  58. Parslow G.R. BOOK REVIEW: The Human Genome (1st Ed.): Dennis, C., Gallagher, R. (eds.) (Foreword by Watson, J.) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education September 2002; 30: 339 - 340
  59. Parslow G.R. Cheating: Updating Strategies For The Computer Age. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 2002; 30: 265 - 266
  60. Parslow G.R. Try adding motivation, moral dimensions, history, and personality to your computer tutorials. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education May 2002; 30: 202 - 203
  61. Parslow G.R. Molecular visualization tools are good teaching aids when used appropriately. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education March 2002; 30: 128 - 129
  62. Parslow G.R. Critical Thinking: Can We Teach It? Should We Teach It? Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education January 2002; 30: 65
  63. Parslow G.R. Providing the best for free – courses from MIT. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 2001 29(4):154 – 157
  64. Parslow G.R. A disability does not have to be a handicap. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 2001 29(3):116 – 120
  65. Parslow G.R. The era of professional biochemical educators with multimedia skills. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 2001 29(2):85 – 88
  66. Parslow G.R. Grappling with the globalisation of on-line education. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 2001 29(1):26 – 30
  67. Parslow G.R. CD-ROM reviews (i) The Dynamic Cell (ii) Biochemistry Electronic Image bank. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 2000 28(3):157-158
  68. Parslow G.R. Product review- The European initiative for biotechnology education. Biochemical Education 2000 28(2):84
  69. Parslow G.R. Online teaching as a shift from efficiency to quality. Biochemical Education 2000 28(2):83
  70. Parslow G.R. Book review, Mining the internet. Biochemical Education 2000 28(1):58
  71. Parslow G.R. CD-ROM review, Cell structure, Function and Processes. Biochemical Education 2000 28(1):34
  72. Parslow G.R. CD-ROM burn out. Biochemical Education 2000 28(1):32
  73. Parslow G.R. The evolving text book. Biochemical Education 1999 27(4):221
  74. Parslow G.R. CDROM review: The New Scientist CD-ROM. Biochemical Education 1999 27(4):225
  75. Parslow G.R. Computer aided learning: an overvalued resource? Biochemical Education 1999 27(3):159
  76. Parslow G.R. CDROM review: Electronic Companion to Molecular Cell Biology. Biochemical Education 1999 27(3):162-163
  77. Parslow G.R. Assigning a value to net information. Biochemical Education 1999 27(2):92
  78. Parslow G.R. Molecular Modelling to represent the unrepresentable. Biochemical Education 1999 27(1):19
  79. Parslow G.R. Role models in teaching biochemistry. Biochemical Education 1998 26(4):297
  80. Parslow G.R. The many paths to (biochemical) truth. 1998 Biochemical Education 26(3):223
  81. Parslow G.R. Bill Gates: Vision with force. 1998 Biochemical Education 26(2):143
  82. Parslow G.R. Reviews- Biochemical simulations from DAB Computing. Biochemical Education 1998 26(2):185-186
  83. Book reviews: Teaching and Learning Materials and the Internet by Ian Forsyth and Technology in Teaching and Learning by Warren et al. Biochemical Education 1998 26(3):252-254
  84. Parslow G.R. The Human Dimension. Biochemical Education 1998 26(1):40
  85. Parslow G.R. Editorial- The Peter Principle: a corollary. Biochemical Education 1997 25(4): 224
  86. Parslow G.R. Beyond the euphoria- questioning the web, the computer and everything: a roundup of printed misgivings. Biochemical Education 1997 25(3):151-152
  87. Parslow G.R Teaching resource sites on the web. Biochemical Education 1997 25(3):152-155. This initial contribution has been followed by a similar collection of Web information in all subsequent issues of Biochemical and Molecular Biology Education. The current title of this section is Websites Of Note and six compilations appear each year, each reviewing 8 to 10 web sites. Each publication of Websites of Note has not been listed due to the high repetition involved
  88. Parslow G.R. Molecular Biology Textbooks and Multimedia Packages: few are called because few are chosen. Biochemical Education 1997 25(2):96
  89. Parslow, G.R BookReview: Life Chemistry and Molecular Biology. ASBMB Newsletter 1997 28(1):13 ISSN 1328-3618
  90. Parslow, G.R. Taking credit for multimedia projects: a case study. Biochemical Education 1997 25(1):27 1997
  91. Parslow G.R. Connections. Biochemical Education 1996 24(4):226
  92. Parslow G.R. Simulations are the answer. Biochemical Education 1996 24(3):160
  93. Parslow G.R. The Web, When and What will it deliver? Biochemical Education 1996 24(2):109-110
  94. Parslow G.R. Technology has a use-by date. Biochemical Education 1996 24(1):31
  95. Parslow, G.R Book Review: Animals, Scientists and You. ASBMB Newsletter 1996 27(1):22. ISSN 1328-3618
  96. Parslow, G.R A place for heroes. ASBMB Newsletter 1996 28(2):1. ISSN 1328-3618
  97. Parslow, G.R Book Review: Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. ASBMB Newsletter 1996 28(5):12-13. ISSN 1328-3618
  98. Arnold,P. and Parslow, G.R. Designing a coupled assay system for aspartate aminotransferase. Biochemical Education 1995 23(1):40-41. Contributed 50% to the writing and 20% to the work described
  99. Parslow, G.R. Genesis of an authoring language, the "Q" Instruction Package". Computer Managed Learning Users Group of Australia- Newsletter 1/93 March 1993 p2-4
  100. Parslow, G.R. Report of the Australian Workshop in Biochemical Education, Melbourne 1992. Biochemical Education 1993 22(2): 67-74
  101. Parslow G.R. Programming Languages. Chapter in Microcomputers in Biochemistry: a practical approach. Ed. Bryce C.F.A. Oxford University Press (IRL) 1992 pp 29-62
  102. Parslow, G.R., Crock, M., Dymalla, A., Mihkelson, A. Story boarding for simulations: separating the inspiration from the perspiration. Simulation and academic gaming in tertiary education. R. Godfrey Ed. 1991 pp 145-155. Wrote the whole paper, contributed 25% to the academic content of the work described
  103. Towns, P, Livett, B.G. and Parslow, G.R. Computer Assisted Instruction in Biochemistry 1991. Monograph published by the ASBMB. 48pp. Wrote the whole monograph using data collected by Peter Towns and Bruce Livett
  104. Parslow G.R. Thy dread empire Chaos! is restored. Biochemical Education 1990 18(2): 61
  105. Parslow G.R. and Haynes, T.R. CAL and videodisc for lecturers and technophobes. Journal of the Australian Society of Educational Technologists. 1988 4(2): 118-122. Wrote the article and contributed 50% to the work described
  106. Aesche, DW and Parslow G.R. The use of questions from the Medical Biochemistry Question Bank with the 'Q' Instruction Package. Biochemical Education 1988 16(1): 24-28. Darryl Aesche co-wrote the article after performing paid project work that I directed (Parslow involvement 40%)
  107. Parslow G.R. and Haynes T.R. Videodiscs. Modern Electronic Teaching Aids for Learning 1987 14(1):3-6. Wrote the article, contributed 55% to the work described
  108. Parslow G.R. The 'Q' Instruction Package. Three computer disks plus documentation (180 pages). Elsevier-Biosoft Publishers, Cambridge UK. Version 3.0 released 1992. First edition 1987
  109. Haynes T.R. and Parslow G.R. Videodisc: a challenge to educators. Educational Television 1987 13(3):231-248. Wrote the article, contributed 45% to the work described
  110. Parslow, G.R. Microcomputers and other Educational Hardware: A Department's Experience. Biochemical Education 1984 12(4):157-161

Conference presentations

  1. Parslow G.R. Reaching the next generation with traditional and eLearning approaches. 22nd FAOBMB conference 5-7 Oct 2011 The Biopolis, Singapore. Proceedings p96
  2. Parslow G.R. Problem Based Learning. 22nd FAOBMB conference 5-7 Oct 2011 The Biopolis, Singapore. Proceedings p99
  3. Parslow, G.R. Teaching with new technology for new generations ComBio conference Christchurch NZ 6-1- Dec 2009 Proceedings, p92
  4. Parslow G.R. Blended Teaching. FEBS 2008 symposium on eLearning, Athens. 33rd FEBS Congress and 11th International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology conference. Published online at edu.febs.unibe.ch
  5. Parslow, G.R., Livett, B. G., Gould, J.,Macaulay, J., Maxwell, R,., Van Damme, M. Nutritional And Hormonal Aspects Of Diabetes: Media Symposium, 10th International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, Salvador, Brazil, May 2007
  6. Parslow G.R. Educational approaches to teaching structure and function in biology. Education Symposium, 10th International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Conference, Salvador, Brazil, May 2007
  7. Parslow G.R. Moving from teacher-centred to student-centred teaching for medical students. Abstracts of the 20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Kyoto, June, 2006. Symposium 29-3, p30
  8. Parslow G.R. Good teaching with PowerPoint. Proceedings of the 18th FAOBMB Symposium, Lahore Pakistan November 2005 Symposium 5, p51-52
  9. Parslow, G.R., Livett, B., Gould, J., MacCaulay, J., Maxwell, R and van Damme, M. Diabetes: a collaboratively produced computer tutorial. Poster Presentation: Program and abstracts of the 17th FAOBMB symposium November 2004, Bangkok Thailand p312
  10. Parslow G.R. Changing a Disciple-based medical course to a problem-based course: gains and losses for Biochemistry. 18th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, July 2000. Symposium abstract p122
  11. Bencina,B., Elliott,K., Carrington,J., Parslow, G. Grant,B., Williams,D. Computer based teaching of the theory, safety and use of radioisotopes. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Volume 29: Symposium B4-5. 1997 ISBN 1328 4924
  12. Livett,B., Parslow,G., Elliott,K., and Brack,C. Evolution and transformation of teaching biochemistry and molecular biologyusing IT. Doing IT at Melbourne. Ed. Mason,J. et al. October 1997 Proceedings pp122-128
  13. Parslow,G.R. and Elliott,K. Radioactivity: a collaboratively authored CAI tutorial. Poster presentation: Proceedings 17th IUBMB International Congress SanFrancisco 1997 FASEB Journal 11(9):A966. ISSN 0892-6638
  14. Parslow, G.R., Livett, B.G. and Stanley, I. Computer support for teaching biochemistry at the University of Melbourne. Proceedings of ASCILITE'96 Conference "Making New Connections" Ed A. Christie, P.James, B. Vaughan - Adelaide December 1996 , p602-3. ISBN 0 86396 409 5
  15. Parslow, G.R., Elliott, K.A., Livett, B.G. and Stanley, I. Computer support for teaching medical biochemistry at the University of Melbourne. Proceedings of Imperatives in Medical Education: Beyond Problem Based Learning - Newcastle (NSW) May 1995 Eds. Fink, T., Ansselin, A.D. and Davey, D.F. 1995
  16. Parslow, G.R and Elliott, K.A. Computer delivery of biochemical problems. Talk by G. Parslow in New Delhi, India, September 1994. Abstracts of the 16th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Volume II 1994 p429
  17. Elliott, K.A. and Parslow, G.R. Computer tutorial support for teaching biochemistry at the University of Melbourne. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1994 Volume 26 POS-1-16
  18. Haynes, TR, Blackburn V and Parslow G.R. New optical laser technologies for training: interactive compact discs. ASCILITE-89 1989 pp270-275
  19. Parslow G.R. Creating a computer assisted learning unit in Biochemistry. Proceedings of the Australian Biochemical Society Volume 21 1989 S40
  20. Parslow G.R. and Gannon C.A. Successful computer assisted instruction in Biochemistry. Proceedings, Australian Biochemical Society Volume 20, 1988 p83
  21. Parslow G.R. and Haynes T.R. Profile of a successful CAI facility: Identifying useful technology. Using Computers Intelligently in Tertiary Education - Edited by J Barrett and J Hedberg 1987 pp404-408
  22. Haynes T.R. and Parslow G.R. Videodisc plus CAI- rising to the challenge. Conference proceedings of the Australian Society of Educational Technologists, Perth 1986
  23. Haynes, T.R. and Parslow G.R. Linking Computer Assisted Instruction to Videodisc. Proceedings Australian Computer Conference, Coolangatta 1986, pp332-339
  24. Haynes, T.R. and Parslow G.R. Videodisc: a challenge to educators. Proceedings ASCILITE conference, Adelaide 1986
  25. Parslow, G.R. and Carthew, D.L. Simplicity in an authoring Language. Proceedings ASCILITE conference, Melbourne, 1985
  26. Parslow, G.R. How to apply microcomputers to teaching. Proceedings CALITE conference Brisbane, 1984
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