The cell cycle: development of an eLearning animation.

J Vis Commun Med

d University of Dundee, Centre for Anatomy and Human Identifaction College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee , UK.

Published: January 2017

The use of eLearning resources is becoming increasingly widespread in medical education because of its numerous advantages. They awaken interest in students can be reused without loss of quality and give students added control over their own education by allowing them to review content in their own time. This article describes the development and evaluation of an innovative eLearning animation for the curriculum of the pathology class at the University of Dundee School of Medicine.

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