The Mummy Explorer -a self-regulated open-access online teaching tool.
Autor: | Furtwängler A; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Baumann C; Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2, 00014, Finland.; Biogeology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Hölderlinstraße 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany., Majander K; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.; Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria., Wilkin S; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.; Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE), Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Australia.; Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, 07745 Jena, Germany., Tomoum N; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Rühli F; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Jaeggi AV; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Eppenberger P; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Bender N; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland., Schuenemann VJ; Institute for Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.; Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria.; Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences (HEAS), University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Evolution, medicine, and public health [Evol Med Public Health] 2023 Apr 27; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 129-138. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 27 (Print Publication: 2023). |
DOI: | 10.1093/emph/eoad009 |
Abstrakt: | Background and Objectives: Virtual teaching tools have gained increasing importance in recent years. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for media-based and self-regulated tools. What is missing are tools that allow us to interlink highly interdisciplinary fields such as evolutionary medicine and, at the same time, allow us to adapt content to different lectures. Methodology: We designed an interactive online teaching tool, namely, the Mummy Explorer, using open-access software (Google Web Designer), and we provided a freely downloadable template. We tested the tool on students and lecturers of evolutionary medicine using questionnaires and improved the tool according to their feedback. Results: The tool has a modular design and provides an overview of a virtual mummy excavation, including the subfields of palaeopathology, paleoradiology, cultural and ethnographic context, provenance studies, paleogenetics, and physiological analyses. The template allows lecturers to generate their own versions of the tool for any topic of interest by simply changing the text and pictures. Tests undertaken with students of evolutionary medicine showed that the tool was helpful during their studies. Lecturers commented that they appreciated having a similar tool in other fields. Conclusions and Implications: Mummy Explorer fills a gap in the virtual teaching landscape of highly interdisciplinary fields such as evolutionary medicine. It will be offered for free download and can be adapted to any educational topic. Translations into German and possibly other languages are in progress. Competing Interests: All authors declare no conflicts of interest. (© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Foundation for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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