Teaching medical students to generate their own pedagogic projects in Flash Harry Witchel Discipline Leader in Physiology.

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Harry WitchelDiscipline Leader in Physiology

The class: 7 one-hour meetings

Students were new to Flash Last term 1 exception

Weekly meetings During term lasting 9 weeks

Projects in groups 1 or 2 works best Start final projects early

Practical homework Every week

The course comes complete with:Handbook for students

Aims Learning Outcomes Criteria for success Explains all admin What to expect

7 mini-lessons explaining Flash Graphics – the basics Storyboarding Didactic & attention theory In Powerpoint

Come try the interactive Flash animations here at the conference

Download it at: www.harrywitchel.com/elearning

Example of a student movie: normally there are buttons and you control the speed of the text changing, so you have time to read and absorb everything.

Example of a student movie: normally there are buttons and you control the speed of the text changing, so you have time to read and absorb everything.

What you enjoyed most:

“Starting out clueless but by the end knowing how to animate.”

Opinion about Flash:

“I now grasp the fundamentals and understand how it is all done which has always baffled me.”

What you learned:

“A lot more about glycolysis regulation, small teamwork, and some advanced animation techniques.”

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