Introduction to Neurobiology: Interactive 3D Animation Prototype Development of Cranial Nerves

Project Title

Introduction to Neurobiology: Interactive 3D Animation Prototype Development of Cranial Nerves

Project Leader

Prof Karl Tsim

School / Dept

SSCI / BIOL

Project Duration

Aug 2002 - Jul 2005

Project Description

Past experiences showed that students often had difficulty in understanding the complex cranial nerves. With the use of vivid 3D animations, this project helpED them figure out the intricate structure and functional mapping of the 12 cranial nerves in the human body.

Project Outcome

1. The graphic presentation of the 12 cranial nerves in human has been completed and tested.

2. We established that each of the established cranial nerves was to be linked up with a) A step by step interactive 3D animated simulation of the movements; b) An overview of the functions in text; c) Two sets of labels for the parts of the nerve/s; and d)  A printing function for the key information of the above items.

3. Selective Biology students participated in two of our usability testing as testers, and their comments were collected and improvements in relating the graphic presentation were followed.

4. We constructed an online supplement for BISC 224 Introduction to Neurobiology in WebCT  both for encouraging students to be familiar with online learning and to prepare for a framework to host the prototype later for summative evaluation

Status

Completed

Project Documents
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• Project Plan
• Progress Report: First | Second | Third | Forth | Fifth |
• Final Report

Adaptation

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