Active learning centre: Design and evaluation of an educational world wide web site

作者: A. Turchin, C. U. Lehmann

DOI: 10.1080/146392300750019190

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摘要: Objective . A new medium - World Wide Web (WWW) has grown rapidly over the last few years. It provides opportunities for development of educational tools and facilitates learning through interactivity, self-paced study easy access. The aim this project was to devise an WWW site (Active Learning Centre) that would take advantage capabilities assess its utilization by users. Methods Active Centre customizable computer-generated feedback tests, searchable databases (currently Microbiology , Pharmacology Vaccines Spanish-language Cardiovascular Medications ), remote WWW-based database authoring, multilingual support. Its modular architecture allows expansion into areas knowledge. To evaluate we conducted a evaluating user feedback. Results is being used thousands patrons from around world, majority whom are health professiona...

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