A Web-Based Interactive Learning System and its application in the Medical Education

• Main Authors: Sheng-Feng Weng, 翁聖峯
• Other Authors: Lih-Shyang Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54556184367160313582

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 電機工程學系碩博士班 === 91 === In the traditional education, Students gained their theoretical background about medical diagnoses from textbooks and practical training and teachers usually evaluate students’ performance through examinations. However, students have to know how to apply their knowledge in practice when they become physicians in the future. In order to help students to understand how to apply their knowledge to clinical cases, we design and implement an interactive learning system - HINTS (Health Information Network Teaching System). HINTS architecture is designed with three tired client/server and document/view architecture. We make use of web and database technologies in this system to provide an interactive learning environment that students can play the physicians’ role to see a virtual patient and teacher can evaluate student’s performance and understand students’ thinking processes. HINTS provides three tools: authoring Tool, browsing tool, and assessment tool. Teachers can edit teaching cases using the authoring tool. Students can browse the teaching cases by the browsing tool. Teachers and students can use the assessment tool to evaluate the browsing results and detect the misconceptions. This thesis is mainly focused on the authoring tool and browsing tool. The system is installed in the pediatrics department of Cheng-Kung University Hospital for some trials. Students have found that the system can make their leaning more interesting and teachers can see students’ thinking process more easily. We believe that HINTS can really assist teachers’ instruction and improve students’ learning effectiveness. The system can be applied not only to the medical education, but also to other education fields with similar discipline in the future.