Open AccessDevelopment of multimedia learning modules for teaching human anatomy: Application to osteology and functional anatomy
Author(s) -
Van Sint Jan Serge,
Crudele Michele,
Gashegu Julien,
Feipel Veronique,
Poulet Pascal,
Salvia Patrick,
Hilal Isam,
Sholukha Victor,
Louryan Stephane,
Rooze Marcel
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
the anatomical record part b: the new anatomist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1552-4914
pISSN - 1552-4906
DOI - 10.1002/ar.b.10020
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , osteology , computer science , multimedia , human anatomy , computer assisted learning , mathematics education , anatomy , medicine , psychology , mathematics , statistics
Computer‐assisted learning (CAL) is growing quickly within academic programs. Although the anatomical commercial packages that are available for this learning have attractive advantages, they also have drawbacks: they are frequently not in the local language of the students, they do not perfectly answer the needs of the local academic program, and their cost is frequently more than students can afford. This study describes a relatively inexpensive method to create CAL tutorials, whose content can be fully customized to local academic needs in terms of both program and language. The study describes its use in creating multimedia learning modules (MLMs) about Osteology and joint kinematics. The pedagogical content in these modules was collected from objective experiments to give students the opportunity to access new scientific knowledge during their education. It can be replaced, as desired, by almost any content due to the flexibility of the production method. Each MLM consists of two complementary subelements: a multimedia theoretical lecture and a three‐dimensional interactive laboratory. Such MLMs are in use at both the University of Brussels (ULB) and the National University of Rwanda (NUR). The development of this work was part of the VAKHUM project, and the pedagogical validation is currently being performed as part of the MULTIMOD project. Anat Rec (Part B: New Anat) 272B:98–106, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.