| Brachytherapy machine |
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A small, relatively straightforward learning object that simulates the operation of a machine used in radiological cancer therapy. This learning object is currently used in the class, Introduction to Clinical Radiology. Time to complete: 2 days. |
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| Radium Decay |
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A medium-sized presentation that demonstrates the radioactive decay of the element radium, and explains what the "half-life" of a radioactive isotope means. Used in Introduction to Clinical Radiology, the object incorporates audio narration and animation. Time to complete: less than 5 days. |
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| Insulin secretion |
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A small animation that walks the student, step by step, through the process by which a cell secretes insulin into the body after receiving glucose. This object required less than a day to complete and is intended for nursing students in Advanced Pathophysiology. |
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| Cancer cells |
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An animated flow chart that depicts the evolution of cancer cells from mutations that occur in earlier generations of cells. Currently available to nursing students in Advanced Pathophysiology, it took less than a day to complete. |
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| Nutrition problem |
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A small learning object that incorporates a response/feedback operation. The student enters calculations to determine the number of calories required to complete the problem, leading to reinforcement or a "try again" admonition. The object, which took an afternoon to complete, is now used in Human Nutrition. |
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| Money Creation |
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A large and much more complex learning object that walks a student through the process of how money is "created" in a banking/lending system. Students enter numeric answers to problems and are either reinforced or remediated in an exercise that leads to an obvious conclusion and grade. This object takes several minutes to complete and required about 2 weeks of development in close collaboration with the faculty member who conceived it. It is now used in economics classes. |
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| Liver Disease |
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Another large and complex learning object that graphically depicts the multiple syndromes that constitute liver disease. The object is intended for students in Advanced Pathophysiology and required a week to create, in close collaboration with faculty. |
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| Software demonstration |
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This object uses a screen capture tool to record video of software being demonstrated for the student. The purpose of this object is to teach the student how to use one particular feature of the software (i.e., how to compose a message in WebCT, a courseware management system used by USF Online). The object is currently used to train instructors of USF Online. |
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| Adult Learners |
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This learning object presents a streaming copyrighted video, surrounded by a text exposition, on adult learning issues for the class, Meeting the Needs of the Adult Learner. The streaming video is best viewed over DSL or cable modem. Because the video is copyrighted, it may be shown only to enrolled students within the context of curriculum. It required two days to complete. |
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| Hands-on training (requires DSL connection or better) |
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This learning object also uses streaming video to teach students a hands-on skill that they can practice with equipment available in their own setting. The video is original and owned by USF, so it may be shown (by USF) without copyright restriction. The object is used in a computer class. With video shooting and postproduction, this object took two days to complete. |
