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Use of an Open Source Platform for e-Learning with Virtual Microscopy

Use of an Open Source Platform for e-Learning with Virtual Microscopy. H.P. Sinn Dept. of Pathology University Hospital Heidelberg. Agenda. Platforms for Virtual Microscopy Characteristics of Moodle Types of courses Modules Scripts and Tricks Application examples. TUB. ILC. PAP.

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Use of an Open Source Platform for e-Learning with Virtual Microscopy

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  1. Use of an Open Source Platform for e-Learning with Virtual Microscopy H.P. Sinn Dept. of Pathology University Hospital Heidelberg

  2. Agenda • Platforms for Virtual Microscopy • Characteristics of Moodle • Types of courses • Modules • Scripts and Tricks • Application examples

  3. TUB ILC PAP ACC MUC MED CRIB SEC IDC MPC

  4. Introduction Platforms for virtual microscopy • Embedded pages (USCAP, AFIP) • Specialized solutions for virtual microscopy (SlidePath) • Localized standalone systems (Basel, Zürich) • Personal sites (Aachen) • E-learning Systems (Moodle, WebCT) • Course oriented • Community oriented

  5. Introduction Things to consider when choosing a system • E-learning functionality • Authentication, LDAP support • Interactive Modules • Exams • Feedback • others • Easy to use content management system • Flexibility (Modularity) • Low or no cost • Community support

  6. Introduction Moodle • Moodle is an open source e-learning system • It is course-based • It uses a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) architecture Modular, Object-Oriented, Dynamic Learning Environment

  7. Introduction Course Management • A teacher administrator has full control over all settings for a course, including restricting other teachers • Choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion-focused social format • Flexible array of course activities:Forums, Journals, Quizzes, Resources, Choices, Surveys, Assignments, Chats, Workshops, Internalmail • Display recent changes to the course since the last login can be displayed on the course home page • Easy editing of text for resources, forum postings, journal entries using an embedded WYSIWYG HTML editor • Import and export custom courses, examples, and scorm compatible objects

  8. Basic Moodle Topic based format • Lists of topics within one course • Within each topic „activities“ (such as lessons, hyperlinks, questionaire etc.) or „blocks“ (data, images) may be included • Convenient for presentation of a list of cases, such as a study set of digital slides

  9. Basic Moodle Topic based format

  10. Basic Moodle Topic based format- Drawbacks - • Not good for maintaining large cases series • Repetetive formatting of every cases • Maintainence of hyperlinks tedious • Not good for structured documents, such as unknown cases and solutions • No database facilities like search or sort

  11. Modules Database module • Provides one or multiple sub-databases per course • Database fields include numeric, text, textarea, file, image, menu, URL and others • Teacher and/or student can enter data • Lists can be searched and sorted

  12. Modules Database module

  13. Modules Database module

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  15. Modules Database module

  16. Modules Database module

  17. Modules Database module

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  20. Modules Database module

  21. Modules Database module- Further uses - • Accessability of database content from other modules • Linking database from external sources (e.g. through PHP) • Interactive use, e.g. allowing students to enter data

  22. Modules Book Module • Provides textual and non textual content • Arragend in chapters and sub-chapters • Input is plain HTML using the integrated HTML editor or not • No search of sort facilities

  23. Modules Book Module

  24. Modules Wiki module • Uses Nwiki (based on dfWiki), from Moodle 1.9 • Syntax like MediaWiki (used in Wikipedia) • Ideal for collaborative editing • Students and Teachers can enter data • Usueful for collecting structured information, such as when building a course • Beware: Texts in the Wiki syntax cannot be used anywhere else in Moodle

  25. Modules Wiki module

  26. Modules Lesson module • Interactive questions and answer pages • Case-based learning

  27. Modules Lesson module

  28. Modules Lesson modulelesson construction page

  29. Tricks and Hints Tricks and Hints • <iframe> tag • Javascript • Execution of custom PHP files

  30. Tricks and Hints Use of <iframe> and external PHP script mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password); @mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database"); $query="SELECT * FROM svs WHERE substr(kurs,12,3)='".$serie."' order by id";

  31. Examples Example internet sites using Moodle and virtual microscopy • IAP Germany (testing site)www.iap-bonn.de/moodle • University of Heidelbergelearning.uni-heidelberg.de • Sandbox for application developmentwww.vpathology.org/sandbox

  32. Examples IAP Germanywww.iap-bonn.de/moodle

  33. Examples General Pathologyelearning.uni-heidelberg.de

  34. Examples Neuropathologyelearning.uni-heidelberg.de

  35. Examples CP Conferenceelearning.uni-heidelberg.de

  36. Summary • Moodle is a versatile platform for pathology teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels • Provides connectivity to other systems through open standards and great variety of modules

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