Strategic Improvements for Gross Anatomy Web-Based Teaching

Current generations of graduate students have been immersed in technology from their early school years and have high expectations regarding digital resources. To better meet the expectations of Gross Anatomy students at our institution, electronic radiology teaching files for first-year coursework were organized into a web site. The web site was custom designed to provide material that directly correlated to the Gross Anatomy dissection and lectures. Quick links provided sets of images grouped by anatomic location. Additionally, Lab and Study Companions provided specific material for the students to review prior to and after lectures and gross dissections. Student opinions of this education resource were compared to student opinions of the prior year’s digital teaching files. The new content was ranked as more user friendly (3.1 points versus 2.3 points) and more useful for learning anatomy (3.3 points versus 2.6 points). Many students reported that using the web portal was critical in helping them to better understand relationships of anatomical structures. These findings suggest that a well-organized web portal can provide a user-friendly, valuable educational resource for medical students who are studying Gross Anatomy.

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Component Based Method for Usability Testing of a Website

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.765-767.1507 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 765-767 ◽

pp. 1507-1511

Author(s):

Saeeda Sharmeen Rahman ◽

Jing Nong Weng

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Modular Forms ◽

Web Site ◽

Usability Testing ◽

Test Results ◽

Testing Method ◽

Component Based Software Engineering ◽

User Friendly ◽

University Web Site ◽

The Web

This paper presents the Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE) approach for usability testing of a web-site based on ISO 9241-11 usability guidance to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction. Usability testing is a technique used to evaluate a product by testing it on users. A particular type of website i.e. university web site was chosen and segmented in different components in modular forms according to the purpose of that component. Then component wise tasks as per ISO 9241-11 usability guidance were prepared to carry out the usability testing for evaluating the test web-site. After analyzing the results of component based usability testing, a proto-type version of the test web-site was designed in a limited form including all the feedback of test results. Finally, the proto-type web-site was re-evaluated for establishing the effectiveness of component based web usability method with the same tasks. The proposed component based usability testing method is expected to improve the design/content issues of web-site resulting the web-site much more user friendly, effective and less time and cost consuming.

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Personalized Chunk Framework for High Performance Personalized Web

International Journal of Web Portals ◽

10.4018/ijwp.2017010104 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 52-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

K S Shailesh ◽

Suresh Pachigolla Venkata

Keyword(s):

Web Site ◽

High Performance ◽

Web Portals ◽

Web Page ◽

Web Portal ◽

Privacy And Security ◽

Dynamic Data ◽

Data Caching ◽

Novel Concept ◽

The Web

Dividing the web site page content or web portal page into logical chunks is one of the prominent methods for better management of web site content and for improving web site's performance. While this works well for public web page scenarios, personalized pages have challenges with dynamic data, data caching, privacy and security concerns which pose challenges in creating and caching content chunks. Web portals has huge dependence on personalized data. In this paper the authors have introduced a novel concept called “personalized content chunk” and “personalized content spot” that can be used for segregating and efficiently managing the personalized web scenarios. The authors' experiments show that performance can be improved by 30% due to the personalized content chunk framework.

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The Who, Why and How of Radiology Teaching Files

Radiology ◽

10.1148/119.2.489 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 119 (2) ◽

pp. 489-490

Author(s):

Norman L. Martin

Keyword(s):

Radiology Teaching Files ◽

Teaching Files ◽

Radiology Teaching

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Database of Historical Atlases: An Interactive Web Application

Proceedings of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-proc-2-52-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Petra Jílková ◽

Jiri Cajthaml

Keyword(s):

Web Application ◽

Large Database ◽

Web Portal ◽

English Version ◽

Additional Detail ◽

Thematic Cartography ◽

Library Catalogue ◽

User Friendly ◽

The Web

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Within the currently solved project of Czech Historical Atlas, an extensive analytic research of existing historical atlases was conducted with the aim of creating a large database of Czech (Czechoslovak) and foreign historical atlases released after 1950. During the analysis, the team collected information about more than 400 items. Beside the standard bibliographic description (title, author, country of origin, language, availability in the library, etc.), the database contains additional detail information on the content of the atlases, such as a chronological or spatial determination of the maps or applied methods of thematic cartography, that cannot be found in any library catalogue. The database is published as a complementary web application to Czech Historical Atlas web portal. Besides the large amount of collected information, the database of historical atlases in the form of an interactive web application provides a user-friendly visual analytic platform that enables the user to analyse information about historical atlases easily and effectively across fully interactive dashboards. The database can be used not only by academics in the field of historical and atlas cartography but also by broad public interested in this topic. The web application exists in Czech and English version to meet both, Czech and international public.</p>

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The New Era of Radiology Teaching Files

American Journal of Roentgenology ◽

10.2214/ajr.11.7409 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 198 (4) ◽

pp. 773-776 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Carlos A. Rojas ◽

Hamza Jawad ◽

Jonathan H. Chung

Keyword(s):

New Era ◽

Radiology Teaching Files ◽

Teaching Files ◽

Radiology Teaching

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Facilitating the production of digital radiology teaching files with the radiology annotation and publishing system: A software tool for radiology educators

Academic Radiology ◽

10.1016/s1076-6332(99)80169-x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 6 (8) ◽

pp. 496-501 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Amit Mehta ◽

Keith J. Dreyer ◽

Robert A. Novelline ◽

Thomas J. Schultz ◽

Timothy V. Bell

Keyword(s):

Software Tool ◽

Digital Radiology ◽

Radiology Teaching Files ◽

System A ◽

Teaching Files ◽

Radiology Teaching

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A Study on Consumer Intention in a Web Portal Game from the Perspective of Flow Experience

International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking ◽

10.4018/jvcsn.2012010101 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Yi-Fen Chen ◽

Chia-Wen Tsai ◽

Pei-Chun Liao ◽

Wen-Yu Chen

Keyword(s):

Web Site ◽

Purchase Intention ◽

Customer Value ◽

Online Shopping ◽

Consumer Preference ◽

Management Policy ◽

Flow Experience ◽

Web Portal ◽

Negative Results ◽

The Web

Providing consumers with a positive and satisfying online shopping experience is the goal of the web operator. Therefore, in this paper, the authors use overhead construction to extend Csikszentmihalyi’s proposed flow theory (1975) to the computer intermediary environment and discuss the web portal game from the perspective of flow experience to identify possible causes and positive and negative results, as well as understand customer utility and hedonic motives in online shopping. In this research, the portal game is in play in the online consumer’s flow experience. This study also explores customer benefit and the effect on consumer behavior brought about by the identification of consumer preference and purchase intention. This study used an internet questionnaire survey to obtain 442 valid responses for data analysis. The results reveal that different Web site characteristics affect the flow experience and indirectly affect customer value; the results also indicate positive preferences and positive expense results. These results may serve as a reference for future Web site industry management policy and marketing strategy.

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OncologySTAT: free access to journal articles from Elsevier oncology journals

10.53731/r294649-6f79289-8cw8z ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Martin Fenner

Keyword(s):

Web Site ◽

Free Access ◽

Journal Articles ◽

Web Portal ◽

The Web

OncologySTAT is a new (it launched September 7) web portal by Reed Elsevier that offers, among many other things, full access to journal articles in Elsevier oncology journals.Elsevier hopes to generate enough revenue from selling advertising on the web site to compensate for (potentially) ...

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