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Visualizing complex medical phenomena for medical students
Late breaking results: short papers
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Vainio, Teija
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Hakkarainen, Kati
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Levonen, Jarmo
Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2005-04-02
v.2
p.1857-1860
© Copyright 2005 ACM
Summary: This paper introduces some early findings and preliminary results of the
experiments of the Virtual Laboratory Project, in which we designed and
implemented a learning environment for medical students. The focus in our
research is to improve students' abilities to learn and recall certain complex
phenomena in the mechanisms and diagnostics of infectious diseases by
visualizing these phenomena with animations, three-dimensional models, photos
and videos. Furthermore, we are aiming to provide conceptual cues on the
processes of the essential elements, and to support the construction of a
mental model of that phenomenon. In medicine, some complex, dynamic, and
multi-level phenomena are difficult to learn using conventional learning
material, which is either based on text and is written mainly for experts, or
is based on static images, and the relationships between objects and
multi-level processes are not so evident. In our project, we design multimedia
material on the mechanisms and diagnostics of infectious diseases. Our aim is
to study usability issues and user interface design principles that could
support cognition. The paper presents the general user interface design issues
involving visualization of complex processes. Issues related to the context of
use are also discussed.
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EDITED BOOK
Hypertext and Cognition
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Rouet, Jean-Francois
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Levonen, Jarmo J.
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Dillon, Andrew
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Spiro, Rand J.
1996
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Mahwah, New Jersey
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
La Maison Hypertext.
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+ Perfetti, C. A.
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