Empleo de herramientas virtuales para la creación de material didáctico de acceso libre

Abstract

Promoting the autonomous learning of the students following a specific itinerary is one of the postulates of the so calledBologna Process; in this context, besides other functions, the professor should act as a guide, teaching and helping students to achieve the skills and competences marked like objectives in each subject. In some cases, this means agradual introduction of changes in the teaching methodology and the introduction of new tools to facilitate theautonomous work of the students.As the responsible professors for the pilot experience of adaptation to the EEES of the matter Cytology and Animal andPlant Histology started in 2007 at the University of Vigo, we considered opportune to create our own tool for cellbiology teaching: a virtual histological atlas. Likewise, we believed that the atlas should meet a series of requirements,such as: to cover most aspects of Cytology and Histology, to include a high number of original illustrations, to be easyto use, intuitive and mild (fun) pleasant, to be interactive and encourage self-learning, to be designed by free software,and to be of free access and use