Construction of an Information Infrastructure for Medical Education using the Web Based Training and the Video Streaming Technique

本研究的目的是利用最新的资讯科技，在高等教育中创造一个新的教育环境。特别是考虑到在医学教育中的应用，我们构建了结合WBT（Web Based Training）和视频流技术的教育信息基础设施。我们制作了很多在环境中使用的电子教材，并评估了它们在教育中的有用性。作为WBT的软件，我们使用了WebCT（网络课程工具）软件，该软件由加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学开始开发，目前在全球范围内使用。为了在九州大学医学院内外发送MEG1电影，设置了2台视频流服务器。在放射技术、医学技术、护理等领域开设了十余门网络ct课程。在“护理基础技能”课程中，包含了三十多个原创视频，学生可以通过计算机网络在自己的电脑屏幕上看到这些视频。在我校进行了WebCT课程的授课和实践，并通过对学生的问卷调查来评估其教学效果。在“护理基础技能”课程中，学生反复观看视频并在电脑上写报告，可以给学生积极和主观的学习动机，评价很有用。在“人体显微解剖学”课程中进行了一次在线考试，在学生的电脑显示器上显示显微图像。这种考试受到了学生们的欢迎，因为他们可以在发送答案后立即知道自己的成绩。如前文所述，利用WBT进行医学教育受到学生的欢迎，并给了他们学习的动力。

The purpose of this study is to create a new educational environment in higher education by using the recent information technology. Especially, considering the utilization in medical education, we constructed the information infrastructure for education that combines the WBT(Web Based Training) and the video streaming technique. We made a lot of electronic teaching materials that are utilized in the environment and evaluated the usefulness in the education. As the software for the WBT, we used the WebCT(Web Course Tools) software that was started to develop at the British Colombia University in Canada and used worldwide at present. Two video streaming servers were set up in order to send MEG1 movies inside and outside the Kyushu University, School of Medicine. More than ten WebCT courses were made in the field of radiological technology, medical technology and nursing. In the "Basic nursing skills" course, more than thirty original videos were contained and the students can see the videos on their computer displays via computer network. The WebCT courses were used in the lecture and practices at our school and evaluated their educational effectiveness by the questionnaires to the students. The "Basic nursing skills" course in which the students see the videos repeatedly and write reports on the computer, could give the motivation of the positive and subjective study to the students and it was assessed veiy useful. An online examination was performed in the "Human Microscopic Anatomy" course, showing the microscopic images on the students' computer displays. This kind of the examination was well received by the students, because they could know their achievements immediately after they sent their answers. As mentioned above, the utilization of the WBT to the education in medicine was popular with the students, and gave them the motivation to study.