Central Queensland University is a well-established distance education provider with an internationally recognized reputation in flexible learning. It has a well-developed infrastructure for the preparation of quality print and multimedia learning materials. A symposium and working conference linking twelve sites, including Auckland NZ via video conferencing, and supported by print based materi...

OBJECTIVE Practical skills are an essential part of physicians' daily routine. Nevertheless, medical graduates' performance of basic skills is often below the expected level. This review aims to identify and summarize teaching approaches of basic practical skills in undergraduate medical education which provide evidence with respect to effective students' learning of these skills. METHODS Bas...

n recent years, use of the World Wide Web as a means of providing lifelong learning opportunities has increased. The main benefits of on-line continuing medical education (CME) include easy access, convenience, cost-eff ectiveness, reduced travel, self-paced and self-directed learning, and an interactive multimedia format.1-3 Several on-line CME studies4-6 have reported satisfaction with Intern...

A major aspiration of the medical community is to use multimedia databases to disseminate important research or clinical information and for education. We describe a WWW reference library of 3D models of human organs containing pathological and normal organs organised in cases, together with a variety of educational and supporting tools. Although the emphasis is chiefly on the teaching of medic...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of blended learning and multimedia software on iranian esp students' vocabulary learning. to this end, 120 iranian esp learners were assigned to two groups: the experimental and control groups. the experimental group received instructions through multimedia software while the control group received traditional instructions. the data were c...

In the year 2000, the web-based education commission of the US government published a report on the power of the internet for learning (Kerrey & Isakson, 2000). The subtitle of this report is ‘Moving from promise to practice’. The report contains a strong call for action, i.e., the strong need for governmental engagement in order to support internet education. In this contribution, research fin...