Tufts University School of Medicine Boston Ma. One of 7 schools on 3 campuses Dual degree programs (md/mph, md/phd, md,mld) Approx 700 students Approx 4000 faculty TUSK: Home grown LMS – Course management – Knowledge management – Applications for the health sciences – virtual patient, patient logs, competency framework – Content management Share LMS with 3 US med schools, 4 East African schools, 1 Indian school

How does TUSK leverage faculty expertise and optimize intellectual capital? Learning object repository Reuse Robust indexing and search and retrieval Robust authoring tools

VUE Links Competencies to Courses Across the Curriculum TUSK’s Search Capabilities Map Relevant Content

TUSK Virtual Patient simulator Authoring Tool Student View Medbiquitous: Standards based VP’s to stimulate sharing

Virtual Patients: Clinical Anatomy

Fever in the field screen

Fever in the Field Authoring tool of previous slide

Summary TUSK Features

Self Assessment Quizzes Immunology Neuroscience Infectious Disease/Microbiology

Mobile Learning Mobile represents and opportunity to reach learners – especially “just in time learning” Increasing research on mobile learning including situated learning (Naismith) M-learning is not just about readily accessible information -- it opens up the possibility for the delivery of audio information, interactive learning and assessment, and real-time distance collaboration. (coe.sdsu.edu)

Log in Page TUSK logo included with alt text: to connect mobile TUSK to website and deal with phones with images turned off Password field masked Remember me box checked by default All element appear on screen – no scrolling

Main Menu Page All entries numbered and assigned corresponding access key – Alternate plan for phones without functionality Entries sorted by frequency of use or alphabetically Announcemnts option to alert to new message Search and logout option should be on the list

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Links to TUSK and External content Question Answers with links