Abstract:
Science,Technology,Education and Mathematics(STEM) is having a pervasive influence in education .Information communication technology(ICT),Internet of things(IoT),Digital Technology in combination with Engineers and Programmers are finding new tools and platforms for teaching and learning of different subjects of increasing complexity. Using these technology advances, computer-aided learning (CAL) has great potential in facilitating learning. Several approaches using CAL have been used. In this paper, various software platform, which we developed a virtual, learning environment to support anatomy teaching and learning. This learning platform provides accurate, interactive models, which are derived from actual CT scans. The virtual 3D environment is particularly useful to help students identify key anatomy structures and their complex spatial relationships. The intuitive computer graphic interface and virtual reality 3D environment make learning interesting and engaging. The platform allows instructors to customize the anatomy model by adding additional digital supplementary learning material including hyperlinks, images, animation, audio, video, and PowerPoint presentations, which are all, supported within the platform.
Anatomy is an important subjects in the core curriculum and potentially difficult to learn, particularly relationships between adjacent structures. In the past, medical students learned anatomy by reading textbooks, studying labeled illustrations in atlases, and participating in the dissection of human cadavers’ .It is clear that a 3D learning environment can improve the understanding of complex structures and spatial relationships.
With the rapid development of the computer-aided technologies and three-dimensional graphics, several strategies using CAL have been applied in medical education Virtual reality learning environment (VRLE) is a powerful technology and has been applied successfully for teaching and learning in the medical anatomy curriculum. In VRLE, the students can interact with the 3D anatomy models created by computer. The virtual 3D models created from real human body offer more powerful capabilities in representing anatomical relations, and have been shown to be better compared with traditional methods
The intuitive computer graphic interface and virtual reality 3D environment make learning interesting and engaging. The platform also allows instructors to customize the anatomy model by adding additional digital supplementary learning material such as text, hyperlinks, images, animation, audio, video, and presentations, which are all, supported within the platform. Anatomy museum with QR Coding also in development. We have used many modern technologies to teach a very complex subject using STEM which confirms the importance of CAL in learning complex subjects as shown by the feedback from the users.
Anatomy is an important subjects in the core curriculum and potentially difficult to learn, particularly relationships between adjacent structures. In the past, medical students learned anatomy by reading textbooks, studying labeled illustrations in atlases, and participating in the dissection of human cadavers’ .It is clear that a 3D learning environment can improve the understanding of complex structures and spatial relationships.
With the rapid development of the computer-aided technologies and three-dimensional graphics, several strategies using CAL have been applied in medical education Virtual reality learning environment (VRLE) is a powerful technology and has been applied successfully for teaching and learning in the medical anatomy curriculum. In VRLE, the students can interact with the 3D anatomy models created by computer. The virtual 3D models created from real human body offer more powerful capabilities in representing anatomical relations, and have been shown to be better compared with traditional methods
The intuitive computer graphic interface and virtual reality 3D environment make learning interesting and engaging. The platform also allows instructors to customize the anatomy model by adding additional digital supplementary learning material such as text, hyperlinks, images, animation, audio, video, and presentations, which are all, supported within the platform. Anatomy museum with QR Coding also in development. We have used many modern technologies to teach a very complex subject using STEM which confirms the importance of CAL in learning complex subjects as shown by the feedback from the users.