Xxviiith congress of the european association of veterinary anatomists
The number of computer applications aimed to assist anatomy learning has substantially increased in the last years. Anatomical pictures and demonstration videos combined with a certain level of interactivity has been proven to be effective in learning anatomy structures on a computer based environment.
A collection of anatomy pictures, including bones, dissections, radiographs, CT, MRI, and videos of live laparoscopy explorations were selected. Drag and drop activities were prepared by using the Dragster® 3.0 (Webducate) software.
A set of activities was given to students from the Veterinary Faculty of Murcia (in Spanish) and the Royal Veterinary College (in English).
Dragster is a versatile and easy to handle tool to define drag and drop activities on both anatomical images and videos. Activities may be used in both lectures and practices, but its most usual purpose is for students' self-learning.
Also, when the activities are uploaded into a Virtual Learning Environment, teachers can get objective information of the students' learning process: score for the activity, time taken to accomplish the activity, etc.
Dragster is a versatile, useful and easy to handle application to reinforce self-learning of veterinary anatomy structures and concepts. Collaboration between two different educational institutions (Veterinary Faculty of Murcia and Royal Veterinary College) has provided an efficient process to create the same content for students of different countries