Anthony J. Frisby, Ph.D. (Moderator)
Thomas Jefferson University
Panel Members
James Baggot, Ph.D.
Hahnemann University
Sharon Dennis, M.S.
University of Utah
Rodney B. Murray, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University
This session will address issues in using Mosaic and the WWW for medical education. Discussion will emphasize the WWW as an information resource and a computer-based learning tool. Additional topics will include evaulation of WWW as an educational medium and statistics/record keeping of WWW interactions. The moderator and each panel member have experience in providing information resources for the medical curriculum via WWW.
Session format: The moderator will introduce panel speakers who will have 10-15 minutes (depending on time allotted for session) to discuss/demo how they are using WWW at their school. After all speakers have had a chance to speak, questions from the audience will be accepted by the moderator and directed to the appropriate panel member.
Benefits of attending session: Session attendees will see how medical schools are using Mosaic and WWW in their curriculum. Questions on technical arrangement and delivery, information development and management, student use, and evaluation will be addressed.
Biographies
Anthony J. Frisby, Ph.D.
Dr. Anthony J. Frisby works in the Office of Academic Computing at Thomas Jefferson University providing assistance for introducing technology into the curriculum as well as instructional design advice. Tony joined Jefferson after finishing his Ph.D. with the College of Education at The Ohio State University. His research interests have focused on learner attributes and interactions with learning environments. He is experienced in the design, coding, development and evaluation of instructional materials in medical education.
Dr. Frisby was one of the first people at Jefferson to recognize the potential of the World Wide Web as an aid to learning. He began constructing a WWW site at Jefferson in the fall of 1993 and the effort has been joined by several others. He is also a lecturer for the Department of General Studies, College of Allied Health Sciences. He teaches two courses, Introduction to Computer Programming (CMS 102) and Microcomputer Software Package Analysis (CMS 111).
Anthony J. Frisby, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University
Office of Academic Computing
1020 Walnut Street Room 114
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 955-4965
FRISBY@JEFLIN.TJU.EDU
James Baggot, Ph.D.
James Baggott is an associate professor in the
Department of Biochemistry at Hahnemann University School of Medicine,
Philadelphia. He received a Ph.D. (1966) from the Department of Physiological Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University. After postdoctoral study in Utah he went to Hahnemann, where he has focussed on Biochemistry education. He is the director of the team-taught medical biochemistry course and a codeveloper of NetBiochem and the Integrated Biochemistry Learning Series (IBLS).
NetBiochem is a prototype of a center for Biochemistry education and research on the WWW. It contains instructional material (eventually intended to be a complete course) as well as pointers to databases and publications of biochemical interest.
course for the Macintosh computer which includes the entire material content of appropriate lectures (text, graphics, animations and sound), along with other learning and review exercises.
Sharon E. Dennis
Sharon E. Dennis received her M.S. in Library and Information Science from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. She is currently involved in creating World Wide Web resources and making them available through Mosaic, including the
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Home Page
and
NetBiochem
, an educational biochemistry resource. She has extensive experience designing and programming computer-based learning programs in the health sciences. Her computer-based learning programming credits include the Integrated Biochemistry Learning Series (IBLS), a complete medical biochemistry course; PulMeDx, a series of occupational lung cases; and CompuLung, a program designed to teach lung sounds. She leads the
Computer-Based Learning Discussion Group
which meets monthly to discuss issues related to computer-based learning in the health sciences.
Sharon E. Dennis
Head, Computer and Media Services
University of Utah
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
PHONE: (801) 585-3928
FAX: (801) 581-3632
sdennis@ecclab.med.utah.edu
Rodney B. Murray, Ph.D.
Rod Murray began using microcomputers shortly after their introduction in the late 70s while completing his doctoral research in Pharmacology at Temple University School of Medicine. Since then he has managed to combine his interest in pharmacology and computers in several ways. The statistical and data analysis software he first published in 1981 is still widely used in pharmacology and pharmaceutical research labs world-wide.
Today, while continuing to teach pharmacology, he has focused his computer expertise on computer-based learning. In 1987, Dr. Murray was asked to direct the newly formed Office of Academic Computing at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. There, he has overseen the development of many computer-based learning programs and has promoted the use of the computers in the curriculum. He is also an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at Jefferson Medical College and the Chairman of the Computer-Based Learning Task Force of the Health Sciences Libraries Consortium -- a not-for-profit group serving health science institutions in Pennsylvania.
Rodney B. Murray
Director of Academic Computing and Instructional Technology
Thomas Jefferson University
1020 Walnut Street Room 114
Philadelphia, PA 19107-5587
(215) 955-4965
murray@jeflin.tju.edu