The user may explore this material directly or may follow a more structured route guided by a series of Socratic questions about the content. There is an extensive cross-index of all the topics and structures in the program. The program will be tested in Fall '94 and will be released in Spring '95. Hercules uses the computer to perform a controlled experiment to test the user's anatomical knowledge. Either multiple choice or free text entry can be selected as the mode of answer.
New work focuses on development of a lecture guide authoring tool.
Students were interviewed before and after interaction with our on-line neuroanatomy atlas to determine if misconceptions were corrected through free use of the atlas. Log files of student interaction with on-line resources are being analyzed to determine categories of navigation and relationship between learning styles and navigation choice.