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Tufts University School of Medicine
• Boston Ma.• One of 7 schools on 3
campuses• Dual degree programs
(md/mph, md/phd, md,mld)
• Approx 700 students• Approx 4000 faculty
• TUSK: Home grown LMS– Course management– Knowledge management– Applications for the health
sciences – virtual patient, patient logs, competency framework
– Content management
• Share LMS with 3 US med schools, 4 East African schools, 1 Indian school
How does TUSK leverage faculty expertise and optimize intellectual capital?
Learning object repository
Reuse
Robust indexing and search and retrieval
Robust authoring tools
http://www.intellectualcapital.nl/
VUE Links Competencies to Courses Across the Curriculum TUSK’s Search Capabilities Map Relevant Content
TUSK Virtual Patient simulatorAuthoring Tool
Student View
Medbiquitous: Standards based VP’s to stimulate sharing
Mobile Learning
• Mobile represents and opportunity to reach learners – especially “just in time learning”
• Increasing research on mobile learning including situated learning (Naismith)
• M-learning is not just about readily accessible information -- it opens up the possibility for the delivery of audio information, interactive learning and assessment, and real-time distance collaboration. (coe.sdsu.edu)
Log in Page
•TUSK logo included with alt text: to connect mobile TUSK to website and deal with phones with images turned off
•Password field masked
•Remember me box checked by default
•All element appear on screen – no scrolling
Main Menu Page
•All entries numbered and assigned corresponding access key – Alternate plan for phones without functionality
•Entries sorted by frequency of use or alphabetically
•Announcemnts option to alert to new message
•Search and logout option should be on the list