Date of Award

1-1-2000

Thesis Type

Undergraduates

Document Type

Thesis

Divisions

Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology

Department

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Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

E-Learning: Encyclopedia of the Human Body is a web-based online learning system that is developed for medical students. The proposed system is meant to give medical students a more conducive and interactive form of learning apart from the conventional text book learning. This system is also meant to help educators to relay certain knowledge to these medical students. Besides that, the system also includes a level by level multiple choice test, as an option for the medical students that uses the system to evaluate their progress in understanding the material in the system and in their syllabus in general. The system is designed to keep track of the user's (user must have a user ID and a password to log on to the system) score in the tests, and to deny access to a higher-level test if the said user does not pass the lower level test. There is also a built in search engine in the system to help the medical students look for specific information in the system's encyclopedia. The 'E-Learning : Encyclopedia of the Human Body' system is divided into two main sections which are the user and the administrator sections. The user section is the main interfaces, which includes the encyclopedia, the level-by-level tests, the search engine and the other web pages that are provided to the user, which in this case is mainly the medical student. The administrator section is called the 'Administrative Console' and is used by the administrator of the system to manipulate the information within the system, which includes editing, deleting, and adding test questions, information and accessing the user information. This is to make sure that the information within the system is inline with the latest progress in medicine or the latest inclusion of material into a medical student's syllabus scope. The waterfall approach is selected for the development process because it is easy to follow and provides a well-organized method of developing the system. Besides that, this methodology is suitable for the development of the system (system analysis, design, coding, and testing), because the system has very clear-cut steps which do not require prototyping or reassessment; the availability of the Administrative Console' makes any changes possible even when the system has been produced and released. Generally the system is developed using Active Server Pages technologies on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME platform. There inherently was some complications in the establishment of the 'E-Learning : Encyclopedia of the Human Body' system, due to the lack of exposure to the type of tools and programming languages needed to build the system, but all in all, this is a very practical system to build as its benefits are very apparent. Besides that, this system will provide a foundation for future innovation in the field of e-learning.

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Additional Information

Academic Exercise (Bachelor’s degree) – Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, 2000/2001.

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