Developmental Biology Courseware that Integrates Multimedia Technology into the Laboratory and Classroom Experience

（61）学生作为积极的学习者和研究者参与科学学习是至关重要的。多媒体技术的使用为实现这一目标提供了一种廉价的方式，使大量学生可以获得材料，并鼓励学生成为独立的学习者。这个项目正在开发多媒体课件，为正在探索发育生物学领域的本科生提供丰富的资源。这一领域最近获得了极大的重要性，因为它与我们的日常生活有关，通过克隆、基因工程、辅助生殖技术和我们对环境对发展的影响的认识等技术。重要的是，大学生要了解这一领域，并提供教育材料，使其既令人兴奋又易于理解。这个项目正在开发的多媒体课件包括一个与交互式网站交互的交互式光盘。这张CD-ROM/Web混合指导学生在该领域使用的技术和生物体的生物学。这个课件被称为Vade Mecum，拉丁语的意思是“跟着我走”，这个词在过去用来指手册或手册，这里用来指这个课件的可移植性，当学生用它来探索发育生物学时，帮助它变得有用。Vade Mecum的优势之一是它与实验室手册完全集成，并与该领域的主要教科书相协调。这创造了一个统一的包，方便教学和学习。Vade Mecum使用QuickTime电影，QuickTime虚拟现实模块，一个广泛的画廊标记的照片，互动学习序列，谜题，问题，和网络链接沟通给学生如何创建自己的调查工具，如何与各种模式生物的工作，以及如何理解这些生物的复杂的生命周期和发展。网络模块允许并鼓励学生在“虚拟海报会议”和“虚拟圆桌会议”部分发布他们自己的工作和讨论。通过向学生展示低成本实验的方法，如何用普通的、廉价的材料构建自己的工具，如何使廉价的显微镜具有昂贵仪器的性能，以及通过将Vade Mecum CD的成本保持在最低水平并使Vade Mecum网站对所有人开放，本课程材料将对所有机构的学习有用，无论他们的经济状况如何。

Biological Sciences (61) It is paramount to the learning of science that students participate in science as active learners and researchers. The use of multimedia technology to facilitate this goal offers an inexpensive way of making materials available to a large number of students and encourages students to be independent learners. This project is developing multimedia courseware that makes a wealth of resources available to undergraduate college students who are exploring the field of developmental biology. This field has gained tremendous importance recently because of its relevance to our daily lives through techniques such as cloning, genetic engineering, assisted reproductive techniques, and our realization of environmental impacts on development. It is important that college students gain an understanding of this field and that educational materials be available that make it both exciting and accessible. The multimedia courseware this project is developing consists of an interactive CD-ROM that interfaces with an interactive Web site. This CD-ROM/Web hybrid instructs students on techniques and the biology of organisms used in this field. The courseware is called Vade Mecum, Latin for "go with me," which was a term used in the past to designate a manual or handbook, and is used here to refer to the portability of this courseware, aiding its usefulness as the student uses it to explore developmental biology. One of the strengths of Vade Mecum is that it is fully integrated with a laboratory manual and coordinated with a major textbook in the field. This creates a unified package that facilitates both teaching and learning. Vade Mecum uses QuickTime movies, QuickTime Virtual Reality modules, an extensive gallery of labeled photographs, interactive learning sequences, puzzles, questions, and Web links to communicate to students how to create their own investigative tools, how to work with various model organisms, and how to understand the complex life cycles and development of these organisms. Web modules allow and encourage students to post their own work and discussions in the "Virtual Poster Session" and "Virtual Round Table" sections. By showing students the methods for low-cost experiments, how to construct their own tools out of common, inexpensive materials, how to adapt an inexpensive microscope to have it perform as an expensive instrument, and by keeping the cost of the Vade Mecum CD to a minimum and making the Vade Mecum Web Site available to all, this course material will be useful to learning at all institutions regardless of their financial status.