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sem<strong>in</strong>ar, lab, etc.), title, title as it will appear on Web page, faculty member and contact <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion, dates<br />

offered, keywords.<br />

Relevant Web sites are identified either by the students, faculty, or the Office Of Medical In<strong>format</strong>ics<br />

Education and are submitted to the Update database via Web-based forms. Updat<strong>in</strong>g scripts are run<br />

periodically to add new URLs to the LectureL<strong>in</strong>ks Resource table which conta<strong>in</strong>s the follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion:<br />

resource type (e.g., tutorial, lecture notes, etc..), URL, title, f<strong>in</strong>der's identity (who suggested the l<strong>in</strong>k),<br />

verification <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion, current status (<strong>in</strong>clude or not), content-based keywords.<br />

Figure 1: Entity relationship and data flow diagram for the LectureL<strong>in</strong>ks project. The LectureL<strong>in</strong>ks database<br />

is comprised of four tables. The Updates database is comprised of one table.<br />

A l<strong>in</strong>k table jo<strong>in</strong>s the resource and activity tables by match<strong>in</strong>g a URL to an educational activity. An activity<br />

may be l<strong>in</strong>ked to many resources, and a s<strong>in</strong>gle resource can be l<strong>in</strong>ked to many activities. This table conta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

the follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion: activity ID, resource ID, rationale (why activity and URL have been matched).<br />

As often as is needed, scripts are run to recreate the LectureL<strong>in</strong>ks pages to <strong>in</strong>clude new l<strong>in</strong>ks and to remove<br />

unnecessary l<strong>in</strong>ks. These scripts create updated and properly marked-up files ready for upload<strong>in</strong>g to the server.<br />

Assessment<br />

An implicit part of the design of LectureL<strong>in</strong>ks <strong>in</strong>cludes Web-based resource evaluation forms. Users can<br />

automatically submit feedback on which l<strong>in</strong>ks are useful, which are not, and which new l<strong>in</strong>ks should be added.<br />

Sav<strong>in</strong>g, sort<strong>in</strong>g, and compil<strong>in</strong>g this feedback will give a good picture as to the usefulness of the l<strong>in</strong>ks.<br />

Additional data will be gathered through a student survey at the end of each academic year.<br />

An additional assessment of use will be made by track<strong>in</strong>g numbers and types of local logons. By keep<strong>in</strong>g track<br />

of the IP numbers used to visit LectureL<strong>in</strong>ks, we can see where and when the students are logg<strong>in</strong>g on. Sort<strong>in</strong>g

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