NBN BEST Network Content as at 27 March 13 (draft)
Introduction
This document contains information about the actual or proposed content planned for the
NBN BEST Network Project as at 27th March 2013. Some aspects of the content for the BEST
Network project are well defined, while other aspects are yet to be clearly defined. The
content crosses the three main areas of activities of the project:
1. Content for 7 deployment trials
2. Content for the Australian Medical Image Bank
3. Content from Partner Projects
Content for 7 deployment trials
The deliverables for the 7 deployment trials largely meet the contractual commitments
of the project. The content for Trials has been defined – a summary can be found below
and additional details can be found in the Project Implementation Plan. Some trial
content has already been created while the content for some trials has been defined but
yet to be specified or created.
Content for the Australian Medical Image Bank (AMIB)
As the project is in the early phases,
Content from Partner Projects
Purpose of Document
Please find below:
1. Summary of NBN BEST Network Partner Projects EOIs (as at 27 March 2013)
2. Summary of NBN BEST Network Content – as developed (or planned) as part of NBN
BEST Network Trials
3. Summary of NBN BEST Network AMIB Content – currently part of the AMIB or as
proposed
4. Summary of NBN BEST Network Deliverables (as committed as part of the Project
Implementation plan)
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NBN BEST Network Content as at 27 March 13 (draft)
Summary of NBN BEST Network Partner Projects EOIs (as at
27 March 2013) BEST Network Partner Project Submissions
1
2
Project Name
Institution
Sponsor
Subject
Key Deliverable
Virtual Cytology and
Adaptive Tutorials for
postgraduate
specialist education in
pathology.
UNSW
Dr Simone Van
Es
Anatomical
Pathology/Cytopathology
Virtual cytopathology slides and associated
adaptive tutorials.
JCU
Dr. Maria Bellei
Veterinary
Anaesthesiology
Virtual Anaesthesia Clinical Case Scenarios
on the Adaptive eLearning Platform.
Veterinary
Anaesthesia Clinical
Case Scenarios
3
Upgrade of UNSW
Virtual Microscopy
Adaptive Tutorials
(VMATs)
UNSW
A/Prof. Gary
Velan
Phase 1 and 2 Medicine
program at UNSW
Current library of VMATs upgraded VMATs
and integration of UNSW virtual slides to
AMIB.
4
Cardiovascular
Physiology / Human
skeletal muscle
function
UoM
Dr David
Williams
Cardiovascular
Physiology
2 modules with virtual patients: 1.
Cardiovascular Physiology
5
Bringing macroscopic
images of disease to
AMIB
UNSW
Prof Nick
Hawkins
Anatomical Pathology –
macroscopic
appearances of disease
Processing 1500 macroscopic images of
disease and related metadata available for
use in AMIB by BEST Network partners.
6
Blood Banking
UNSW
Dr Robert
Lindeman
Blood Banking- how
blood crossmatching is
done
Adaptive tutorial of approximately 1520 minutes
7
Interactive case
studies in medical
microbiology
and immunology
UoM
Sandra Uren
Practical Microbiology
workshop content
Take existing practical workshop content
(including Microbiology images) online to
provide easy access for reviewing of same
8
Learning Biology Lab
Science in Year 12
using Virtual
Environments:
UNSW
Dr Patsie Polly
Making the First Year
Science Experience at
University Seamless
9
vLABs for Teaching
Cross Disciplinary
Experimental Lab
UNSW
Dr Patsie Polly
Experimental Lab Science
2
inPage
the Medical
Sciences
2. interactive on-line CAL module for Human
skeletal muscle function and Exercise
performance
Development of a series of interactive
adaptive tutorials that incorporate
simulations in a virtual laboratory setting
to enhance delivery of lab science content
foundational to Yr 12 Biology curricula in
NSW
NBN BEST Network Content as at 27 March 13 (draft)
Science in the Medical
Sciences
10 Survey Tools for
Standardising
Feedback Across
Diverse Interactive
Virtual Learning
Spaces
UNSW
Dr Patsie Polly
All areas
Development of survey tools for capturing
feedback, in a timely manner, on virtual
learning spaces for the purposes of
assessing the effectiveness of this new
mode of teaching content to learners from
any background
11 Thyroid gland
physiology virtual
laboratory.
UNSW
Trevor Lewis
Physiology
Conversion of a paper based to a virtual
laboratory activity. The target user group is
medical students, biomedical science and
science students studying endocrinology as
part of the medical or science curriculum at
UNSW and BEST Network partner
universities.
12 PCR Virtual Lab
UNSW
UoQ
Dr Louise Lutze
Mann
The Virtual Lab used to
teach units in medicine,
biochemistry,
biotechnology, genetics
and molecular biology.
Virtual Lab
Dr Susan
Rowland, UQ
13 Regulation of plasma
osmolality and volume
in human subjects.
UNSW
Dr Karen Gibson
and Dr Richard
Vickery
(Physiology,
School of
Medical
Sciences, UNSW)
An adaptive tutorial on the physiological
mechanisms by which the volume and
osmolar homeostasis of body fluid
compartments is maintained when subjects
drink fluids of various compositions
14 Virtual Anatomy
Adaptive Tutorials
UNSW
Dr Nalini Pather,
School of
Medical Sciences
(SOMS),
University of
New South
Wales
Virtual Anatomy Adaptive Tutorials
(VAnATs) using the SmartSparrow platform
for the Phase I and II Medicine students and
Medical Science and Science students at
UNSW. The VAnATs will be used to
supplement laboratory practical sessions in
Anatomy and will also use clinical cases to
develop critical thinking and model expert
thinking for student
Summary of NBN BEST Network Content
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NBN BEST Network Content as at 27 March 13 (draft)
The strategy for development of content places highest priority on the deliverables required
for successfully achieving the trials. Table of trial deliverables is as follows:
Tri
al
User
Group
Key Technology
Deliverable
Theme/
Subject
Adaptive
Tutorials
Virtual
Environme
nts
Resour
ces in
the
AMIB
Timin
g
Key or
lead
partner
1
High
School
Collaborative
functionality
Photosynthes
is
5
1
0
End
2013
UNSW
2
High
School
Adaptive tutorial and Genetics
virtual lab
Blood Typing
1
1
0
Mid
2013
UNSW
3
High
School
Scalability
Genetics
Blood Typing
2
1
2
Mid
2014
UNSW
4
TAFE
Virtual Patient
Pharmacokin
etics
3
1
0
End
2013
JCU
5
Undergra
duate
Delivery of slides
using the Australian
Medical Image Bank
Pathology
and
Histopatholo
gy
3
0
41 tbc
Early
2013
UoM
6
Post
Graduate
Annotation of virtual
images
Pathology
9
0
90 tbc
Mid
2014
UNSW
7
Remote /
Nursing
Adaptive tutorials
Diabetics
Case study
3
1
0
Mid
2014
UoQ
Project
partners
Adaptive tutorials
48
0
n/a
All
proje
ct
all
5
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NBN BEST Network Content as at 27 March 13 (draft)
Summary of NBN BEST Network AMIB Content (DRAFT)
Theme/
Subject
type
# of Resources
Timing
Source
Current format
Pathology
Microscopic
230 tbc
Already in
AMIB
N.Hawkins UNSW
Digital
Images of
Diseases
Macroscopic
3000 tbc
Mid 2013
N.Hawkins UNSW
transparencies
Pathology
Microscopic
tbc
Mid 2014
Other sources UoM,
Adelaide Uni
slides
Radiographic
600 tbc
End 2013
V.Klippers UoQ
digital
Microbiology
41 tbc
Early 2013
S.Uren UoM TBC
digital
Haematology
90 tbc
Mid 2014
PoW G Rozenburg,
Cytopathology
TBC
Mid 2014
S Van Es UNSW
digital
2
Mid 2013
A Barbour UoM
Video
n/a
Mid 2013
UNSW
Flinders TBC
video
Stain video
Anatomy Videos
pathology
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NBN BEST Network Content as at 27 March 13 (draft)
Summary of NBN BEST Network Deliverables (as committed
as part of the Project Implementation plan)
Trial
Number
User Group
1
High School
2 part I
High School
3 part II
High School
4
5
TAFE
Undergraduate
6
Post Graduate
7
Remote /
Nursing
Key Technology
Deliverable
Collaborative
functionality
Adaptive
tutorial/virtual
lab
Scalability
Number of
Institutions
10
Projected
number of
end users
200
20
400
1
Mid
2013
100
2000
20
1
1
130
330
20
1
3
41
9
3
54
15
Mid
2014
End 2013
Early
2013
Mid
2014
Mid
2014
Virtual Patient
National Medical
Image Bank
Annotation of
virtual images
Adaptive
tutorials, Case
authoring tool
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NBN
Timing
Connected
Sites
1
2013