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===1. There is no complex programming===
===1. There is no complex programming===


* The website is a Wiki-based format. This software is easy to use, proved to be stable and continuously updated.
* The website is a Wiki-based format.  
* This software is easy to use, proved to be stable and continuously updated.
* There are online [[Help:Contents|Help pages]] to get you started.
* There are online [[Help:Contents|Help pages]] to get you started.
* In many cases you can simply use the existing content, cut-n-paste and adapt to your purposes.
* In many cases you can simply use the existing content, cut-n-paste and adapt to your purposes.

Revision as of 16:44, 16 August 2011

The "Cloud" Embryology Concept

Introduction

"Cloud embryology is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable embryology resources"

This embryology resource has now been online since 1997 and transferred to the new Wiki format in 2009. The 1997 site was purely a website with no interaction available to the reader other than playing and controlling animations. The 2009 site initially was a transfer and reformatting of the original content pages. This was enhanced by addition of quizzes and followed by student online collaborative project work.

During the course of this project there have been numerous requests for reuse of content by students, researchers and educators for many different educational purposes. In many cases this has been easy to allow, but in others there were copyright issues controlling how content could be reused.

The Solution

If you are an educator with access to the internet then you can now prepare your presentation here!

Beginning 2011 I am trialling the access of educators from Universities and High Schools to prepare their own online presentations from the vast resources already available on the Embryology website.

  1. There is no complex programming.
  2. The content is already uploaded on the site.
  3. Links and your content remain permanently available.


1. There is no complex programming

  • The website is a Wiki-based format.
  • This software is easy to use, proved to be stable and continuously updated.
  • There are online Help pages to get you started.
  • In many cases you can simply use the existing content, cut-n-paste and adapt to your purposes.

The content is already uploaded on the site

Links and your content remain permanently available