The aim of this program is to design a CAL program for the Web. The tutorial is aimed at both final year dental students and qualified dentists. Hypertext links allow the user to move around the tutorial to quickly reach the various subject areas and a navigational map helps in location of the different topics covered. Minimal programming skills were required for the production of this CAL program. The program can also be used as a stand alone application on a local machine where a suitable browser is installed.
Similar Web based tutorials are in production following favourable user feedback.
This program shows that interactivity can take place between the user and the computer using the Web medium. A system being incorporated into the curriculum has been designed, developed and implemented which provides study skills support for students . The system is being further developed and is not currently available to the general public. It contains copies of the overheads used in lectures, audio annotation, animated images, and a VRML model of the relationship between stress and behaviour. A rationale for putting lecture support material on the WWW is presented.