1. Use of an Open Source Platform for e-Learning with Virtual Microscopy H.P. Sinn Dept. of Pathology University Hospital Heidelberg

2. Agenda Platforms for Virtual Microscopy Characteristics of Moodle Types of courses Modules Scripts and Tricks Application examples

3. ILC IDC ACC MPC TUB MED PAP SEC CRIB MUC

4. Platforms for virtual microscopy Embedded pages (USCAP, AFIP) Specialized solutions for virtual microscopy (SlidePath) Localized standalone systems (Basel, Zürich) Personal sites (Aachen) E-learning Systems (Moodle, WebCT)  Course oriented  Community oriented Introduction

5. Things to consider when choosing a system E-learning functionality  Authentication, LDAP support  Interactive Modules  Exams  Feedback  others Easy to use content management system Flexibility (Modularity) Low or no cost Community support Introduction

6. Moodle Moodle is an open source e-learning system It is course-based It uses a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) architecture Modular, Object-Oriented, Dynamic Learning Environment Introduction

7. Course Management A teacher administrator has full control over all settings for a course, including restricting other teachers Choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion-focused social format Flexible array of course activities : Forums, Journals, Quizzes, Resources, Choices, Surveys, Assignments, Chats, Workshops, Internalmail Display recent changes to the course since the last login can be displayed on the course home page Easy editing of text for resources, forum postings, journal entries using an embedded WYSIWYG HTML editor Import and export custom courses, examples, and scorm compatible objects Introduction

8. Topic based format Lists of topics within one course Within each topic „activities“ (such as lessons, hyperlinks, questionaire etc.) or „blocks“ (data, images) may be included Convenient for presentation of a list of cases, such as a study set of digital slides Basic Moodle

9. Topic based format Basic Moodle

10. Topic based format - Drawbacks - Not good for maintaining large cases series  Repetetive formatting of every cases  Maintainence of hyperlinks tedious Not good for structured documents, such as unknown cases and solutions No database facilities like search or sort Basic Moodle

11. Database module Provides one or multiple sub-databases per course Database fields include numeric, text, textarea, file, image, menu, URL and others Teacher and/or student can enter data Lists can be searched and sorted Modules

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21. Database module - Further uses - Accessability of database content from other modules Linking database from external sources (e.g. through PHP) Interactive use, e.g. allowing students to enter data Modules

22. Book Module Provides textual and non textual content Arragend in chapters and sub-chapters Input is plain HTML using the integrated HTML editor or not No search of sort facilities Modules

23. Book Module Modules

24. Wiki module Uses Nwiki (based on dfWiki), from Moodle 1.9 Syntax like MediaWiki (used in Wikipedia) Ideal for collaborative editing Students and Teachers can enter data Usueful for collecting structured information, such as when building a course Beware: Texts in the Wiki syntax cannot be used anywhere else in Moodle Modules

25. Wiki module Modules

26. Lesson module Interactive questions and answer pages Case-based learning Modules

27. Lesson module Modules

28. Lesson module lesson construction page Modules

29. Tricks and Hints tag Javascript Execution of custom PHP files Tricks and Hints

30. Use of and external PHP script Tricks and Hints mysql_connect(localhost,$username,$password); @mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database"); $query="SELECT * FROM svs WHERE substr(kurs,12,3)='".$serie."' order by id";

31. Example internet sites using Moodle and virtual microscopy IAP Germany (testing site) www.iap-bonn.de/moodle University of Heidelberg elearning.uni-heidelberg.de Sandbox for application development www.vpathology.org/sandbox Examples

32. IAP Germany www.iap-bonn.de/moodle Examples

33. General Pathology elearning.uni-heidelberg.de Examples

34. Neuropathology elearning.uni-heidelberg.de Examples

35. CP Conference elearning.uni-heidelberg.de Examples

36. Summary Moodle is a versatile platform for pathology teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels Provides connectivity to other systems through open standards and great variety of modules