Integrated Component Web-Based Interactive Learning Systems for Engineering

Humar, Iztok; Sinigoj, Anton Rafael; Bešter, J.; Hagler, M.O.

doi:10.1109/te.2005.858396

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“…The training sessions should also provide educational material about the knowledge and experiences that have already been acquired with electrochemotherapy and gene electrotransfer. This can be brought about by the web technology, as an easy and important way to collect and organize the information obtained from different clinical and research centers [ 54 - 56 ].…”

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Analytical and numerical quantification and comparison of the local electric field in the tissue for different electrode configurations

2007

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Background: Electrochemotherapy and gene electrotransfer are novel promising treatments employing locally applied high electric pulses to introduce chemotherapeutic drugs into tumor cells or genes into target cells based on the cell membrane electroporation. The main focus of this paper was to calculate analytically and numerically local electric field distribution inside the treated tissue in two dimensional (2D) models for different plate and needle electrode configurations and to compare the local electric field distribution to parameter U/d, which is widely used in electrochemotherapy and gene electrotransfer studies. We demonstrate the importance of evaluating the local electric field distribution in electrochemotherapy and gene electrotransfer.

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Analytical and numerical quantification and comparison of the local electric field in the tissue for different electrode configurations

2007

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“…The e-learning practical work is integrated into an e-learning environment (i.e. E-CHO) developed by the Laboratory of Telecommunications of the University of Ljubljana at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering [ 19 – 21 ]. The E-CHO e-learning environment supports video streaming and facilitates communication among users (i.e.…”

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Education on electrical phenomena involved in electroporation-based therapies and treatments: a blended learning approach

2016

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BackgroundElectroporation-based applications require multidisciplinary expertise and collaboration of experts with different professional backgrounds in engineering and science. Beginning in 2003, an international scientific workshop and postgraduate course electroporation based technologies and treatments (EBTT) has been organized at the University of Ljubljana to facilitate transfer of knowledge from leading experts to researches, students and newcomers in the field of electroporation. In this paper we present one of the integral parts of EBTT: an e-learning practical work we developed to complement delivery of knowledge via lectures and laboratory work, thus providing a blended learning approach on electrical phenomena involved in electroporation-based therapies and treatments.MethodsThe learning effect was assessed via a pre- and post e-learning examination test composed of 10 multiple choice questions (i.e. items). The e-learning practical work session and both of the e-learning examination tests were carried out after the live EBTT lectures and other laboratory work. Statistical analysis was performed to compare and evaluate the learning effect measured in two groups of students: (1) electrical engineers and (2) natural scientists (i.e. medical doctors, biologists and chemists) undergoing the e-learning practical work in 2011–2014 academic years. Item analysis was performed to assess the difficulty of each item of the examination test.ResultsThe results of our study show that the total score on the post examination test significantly improved and the item difficulty in both experimental groups decreased. The natural scientists reached the same level of knowledge (no statistical difference in total post-examination test score) on the post-course test take, as do electrical engineers, although the engineers started with statistically higher total pre-test examination score, as expected.ConclusionsThe main objective of this study was to investigate whether the educational content the e-learning practical work presented to the students with different professional backgrounds enhanced their knowledge acquired via lectures during EBTT. We compared the learning effect assessed in two experimental groups undergoing the e-learning practical work: electrical engineers and natural scientists. The same level of knowledge on the post-course examination was reached in both groups. The results indicate that our e-learning platform supported by blended learning approach provides an effective learning tool for populations with mixed professional backgrounds and thus plays an important role in bridging the gap between scientific domains involved in electroporation-based technologies and treatments.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12938-016-0152-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…The designed e-learning application is integrated into E-CHO e-learning system developed by the Laboratory of telecommunications [ 44 ] (University of Ljubljana) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. The E-CHO e-learning environment enables the use of various types of communications among users, such as forums, e-mail correspondence and videoconferencing as well as authentication of users, statistical analysis, network traffic measurement, and support for video streaming [ 46 ].…”

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An e-learning application on electrochemotherapy

2009

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Background: Electrochemotherapy is an effective approach in local tumour treatment employing locally applied high-voltage electric pulses in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs. In planning and performing electrochemotherapy a multidisciplinary expertise is required and collaboration, knowledge and experience exchange among the experts from different scientific fields such as medicine, biology and biomedical engineering is needed. The objective of this study was to develop an e-learning application in order to provide the educational content on electrochemotherapy and its underlying principles and to support collaboration, knowledge and experience exchange among the experts involved in the research and clinics.

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Integrated Component Web-Based Interactive Learning Systems for Engineering

Cited by 21 publications

References 20 publications

Analytical and numerical quantification and comparison of the local electric field in the tissue for different electrode configurations

Analytical and numerical quantification and comparison of the local electric field in the tissue for different electrode configurations

Education on electrical phenomena involved in electroporation-based therapies and treatments: a blended learning approach

An e-learning application on electrochemotherapy

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