MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE LIPOPROTEINS METABOLISM TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

• Autor(a) principal: Vieira Castilho, Luciana
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Kohler, Maria Cecilia, Wambier Klüppel, Maria Lúcia, Weinert, Wagner Rodrigo, Stuelp-Campelo, Patrícia Maria
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Ensino de Bioquímica
• DOI: 10.16923/reb.v5i2.91
• Texto Completo: http://bioquimica.org.br/revista/ojs/index.php/REB/article/view/91
• topic: lipoproteins; education; informatics.

The present work considers the use of informatics as a support to the learning ofthe metabolism of lipoproteins. They are important to transport lipids throughblood, which are insoluble in water and needs to be carried to the tissues to keepthe homeostasis. Its learning is considered complex because contains manysimultaneous biochemical processes. There is a great variety of information aboutthis process to be learnt, especially if will have considered the number ofmolecules and events involved in the process. The complexity and importance ofthis content motivated us to develop LipoLS. It is a multimedia system thatapproaches the lipoprotein metabolism learning. This system integratesanimations, texts, self-evaluation questionnaires and case studies, to motivate thecollaborative learning. The methodology used for the software project was the dataflow diagram and for the development of the system had been used the animationsoftware Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and implemented with the softwareMacromedia Director MX 2004. The software LipoLS is an alternative resourcethat is able to facilitate the teaching-learning process. It takes advantage onstudent’s interest on informatics and changes the ways of teaching and learningBiochemistry.