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This paper reports on an investigation into the effectiveness of multimedia content in Computer Aided Learning (CAL) tutorials, in particular QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR), at teaching operative dentistry. Insights gained from a cognitive task analysis of four dental specialists guided the design of two CAL programs. Both programs made use of a combination of multimedia and QTVR objects of teeth models. The two CAL programs differed only in how the QTVR teeth models were rendered. Forty-nine dental students then participated in an experiment that compared the effectiveness of the CALs at communicating operative dentistry procedures and expertise against traditional-styled dental classroom demonstrations. The results suggest that while the CAL packages can significantly lessen the time required to learn the procedures, the method in which students are taught the procedure had no significant effect upon skill acquisition. Further investigation of this unexpected effect on skill acquisition lead to some implications for the design of future dental-CAL.
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Clark, S.A., Ng, B.P., Wong, B.L.W. (2000). QTVR Support for Teaching Operative Procedures in Dentistry. In: McDonald, S., Waern, Y., Cockton, G. (eds) People and Computers XIV — Usability or Else!. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0515-2_19
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