A Woman's Reproductive Life Cycle : Biomedical Multimedia Unit : The University of Melbourne

A Woman's Reproductive Life Cycle

This package follows the developmental journey of a woman, Andrea, throughout her reproductive life stages from birth to menopause, incorporating: puberty, menstrual cycles, contraception, pregnancy and menopause. While "Menstrual Cycle" has been developed at this stage, eventually each of these life-stages will be a module in the program.

A text based narrative is used to introduce each tutorial section. The student reads about Andrea's experiences of such things as puberty and childbirth, and then works through a linked tutorial section. The student has access to a workbook, a library, an internet styled history, and a simulation tool.

Curriculum Usage

A Woman's Reproductive Life Cycle is currently used in 2nd year of the science curriculum.

Project Screen Grabs

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		The title screen shows a collection of images depicting the life of the main character named Andrea.

		The home screen displays all the topics contained in the program. A rollover function gives a brief overview of each topic.

		This is the menu screen for the Menstrual Cycle Module. There are seven subsections in this module.

		After clicking on the subsection titled "What's So Special About 28 Days?", the first screen of the narrative for this section appears. "Narratives" are used throughout this package to introduce, each section. These narratives often end with a problem or task for students to investigate or complete. Notice the "work book" window is open and contains questions relevant to this section.

		This screen shows an open “Library” window which, in this example, displays information on the endometrium.

Credits

Developed by the Biomedical Multimedia Unit in association with the Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne.

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Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Biomedical Multimedia Unit

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