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By:

Adam Becker and

Scott Moyer

IntroductionIntroduction

Previous courses have had complex material that was difficult to understand.

Animations help to illustrate the actual processes that are being taught in a lecture style class.

Introduction ContinuedIntroduction Continued

Dr. Klevickis suggested that we create Flash tutorials for her class.

These tutorials would help illustrate complicated topics and processes.

We hope that the tutorials will be integrated into the actual classroom setting.

BackgroundBackground

It has been proven that information that is presented with visual aids had to be repeated less often than through just auditory learning.

Research has shown that after 72 hours a student is 6 times more likely to remember information that has been presented through both senses.

Macromedia Flash MXMacromedia Flash MX

FlashFlash

Macromedia’s Flash is used by over one million developers.

A very approachable program that allows you to create rich user interfaces and easy to use applications.

Almost 500 million users view Flash created animations.

Learning to use FlashLearning to use Flash

Flash provides a set of lessons that we used to learn the program.

Flash MX provides 8 structured tutorials that allow the user to become proficient and skilled with the program.

Each time we used the program we improved.

Flash TutorialsFlash Tutorials

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ConceptsConcepts

We picked 8 topics that are taught in ISAT 351.

Each topic was picked because we thought a visual understanding would work well with the subject matter.

Lesson 1Lesson 1

Lesson 1 involves the process of signal transduction.

Signal transduction is the nerve firing telling a muscle to contract.

Signal TransductionSignal Transduction

Signal transduction starts with a neuron receiving a message to fire.

The neuron then sends this message using many chemical properties along its axon.

It ends with the release of acetylcholine telling the muscle to contract.

Lesson 2Lesson 2

Lesson 2 shows how vision works.

It shows how the different parts of the eye interact.

Lesson 2 cont.Lesson 2 cont.

The first animation shows light going into the eye.

The second animation shows the information being sent to the brain.

Lesson 3Lesson 3

Lesson 3 demonstrates how muscles contract.

Lesson 3 cont.Lesson 3 cont.

An animation of ATP and ADP giving the myosin filaments energy to move along the actin filaments.

Lesson 4Lesson 4

Lesson 4 is an animation of the cell cycle.

There is a short animation of each step of the cycle.

Lesson 4 cont.Lesson 4 cont.

Each color represent a stage of the cycle.

Each stage has an animation followed by an explanation of what happened.

Lesson 5Lesson 5

Lesson 5 illustrates how monoclonal antibodies are made.

Monoclonal antibodies are antibodies that are made from mouse B-cells.

Monoclonal AntibodiesMonoclonal Antibodies

The animation first shows how a mouse is injected with an antigen and B-cells are made.

It then shows how the B-cell is fused with a myeloma cell making it immortal.

Monoclonal AntibodiesMonoclonal Antibodies

The fused cell is called a hybridoma.The hybridoma cells produce

monoclonal antibodies that can be used in medical diagnosis and treatment.

Lesson 6Lesson 6

A basic explanation of how an animal is cloned.

Shows how this brown dog can be cloned.

Lesson 6 cont.Lesson 6 cont.

There is an animation of each step involved in the cloning.

Shows the different dog cells it takes to clone the dog.

Lesson 7Lesson 7

Lesson 7 illustrates how the Human Papilloma Virus causes Cervical Cancer.

Cervical Cancer is a common form of cancer in women.

HPV and Cervical CancerHPV and Cervical Cancer

The first part of this lesson shows the normal cell cycle and how it works.

The second part shows the infected cell and how it operates differently from the normal cell.

Lesson 8Lesson 8

Lesson 8 involves a new technology in treating Glioblastoma.

Glioblastoma is a deadly cancer that kills 100% of the patients that have it.

GlioblastomaGlioblastoma

The first part of the animation describes how deadly this cancer is.

The second part shows how an adenovirus is inserted into the brain and helps kill the remaining cancer cells.

Explore on your ownExplore on your own

Try these animations out for yourself by logging onto

http://www.isat.jmu.edu/users/klevicca/biopro/biopro.swf

SummarySummary

We feel that if these animations are integrated with a classroom lecture, students will be more likely to understand the processes of what is truly going on.

Also with the help of visual aids we feel students will better retain this knowledge of a longer period of time.

AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Klevickis for being our Sr. Project Advisor and helping us along our way. Without her this project would not have been possible.