本研究主要是利用網路非同步傳輸技術（AJAX），提出兩項創新多媒體工具，應用在醫學網路教學。第一項為模擬傳統顯微鏡建置一套醫學顯微切片的「虛擬顯微鏡學習和評量」（VM）平台，透過網路學生和老師可以利用，繪製重點（Draw）、標記註記（Annotation）、筆記（Notes）教學功能，以及可以儲存此案例來作溝通和學習。讓學生可以重覆操作與學習，有效提昇在醫學教學上的方便性。有別於以往的傳統顯微鏡或市面上的虛擬顯微鏡，本系統加入了老師和學生閱片註記，更具備了重要的「教」和「學」的元素。另一項教學工具為「視覺化家族病史編輯器」，利用網路化視覺性的模擬族譜編輯功能，讓醫師和病患問診的內容中，和家族病史有關的資訊可以快速建置為視覺化之「家族病史譜」 (Pedigree)。透過特殊設計，可以讓學生繪製的「家族病史譜」和原「家族病史譜」作比對評量，是訓練醫學生理解和構置「家族病史」之有效工具。
最後透過專家的深度訪談和評量，對這兩項創新多媒體工具都給予正向的回應和認同，尤其「虛擬顯微鏡學習和評量」，更得到專家的允諾，進一步作更大的推展和應用分析。

This research mainly develops two Novel multimedia tools for medical e-Learning. In the first section of the research, the“Virtual Microscope” platform was established. Under this platform, interaction and Team-Learning activity between teachers and students were done, through several teaching functions, such as key-point drawing, microscopic finding annotations, and personal notes. Furthermore this system will allow the students to learn the microscopic images more efficiently and effectively compared with the traditional physical microscopic images. Compared with the commercial Virtual Microscope teaching program, the system provides more “Interaction Functions”for self-learning, team-learning, and discussion among the teachers and students.

In the second section, a“Virtualized Family History Editor”was developed for the students to easily record a Virtual Pedigree table, with the contents regarding the family medical history. The system also provides a special function to compare the students’ pedigree tables with the standard table for the training of medical students in Pedigree editing.

An evaluation and interviews through the expert was done. Both of the systems had positive feedback, especially the“Virtual Microscope”system that indeed significantly makes the learning more convenient.

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