Computerized Image Analysis for Teaching Biological Structure

该项目的目的是改变本科生学习生物结构的方式，从强调展示脊椎动物的组织学结构转变为强调学习分析和解释结构。里士满大学的显微解剖学课程将强调三种科学教育方法。(1)合作探究：学生团队将通过使用光学显微镜、透射电镜和扫描电镜进行自己的研究，了解选定组织的结构和功能。(2)定量分析：学生将对其标本进行形态计量分析。(3)技术能力：购买具有科勒照明和相衬光学的光学显微镜，以培养学生的分析光学显微镜。将购买麦金塔电脑、单色和彩色摄像机以及一台图像扫描仪，以便从光学显微镜和电子显微镜上捕捉图像。然后，学生将使用软件定量分析和重建图像，并展示他们的数据。

The aim of this project is to change how undergraduates learn biological structure, by changing from an emphasis on presenting the histological structure of vertebrates to an emphasis on learning to analyze and interpret structure. The Microanatomy course at the University of Richmond will emphasize three approaches to science education. (1) Collaborative Inquiry: Student teams will learn the structure and function of selected tissues by pursuing their own investigations using light microscopy, and transmission and scanning electron microscopy. (2) Quantitative Analysis: Students will analyze their specimens morphometrically. (3) Technological Competence: Light microscopes capable of Kohler illumination and phase contrast optics will be purchased to train students in analytical light microscopy. Macintosh computers, monochrome and color video cameras, and an image scanner will be purchased to capture images from light and electron microscopes. Students will then use software to quantitatively analyze and reconstruct images, and to present their data.