A CTI project on the co-operative development of CAL in physiology at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews

This paper reports on the progress of a collaborative Computers in Teaching Initiative project between Aberdeen, St Andrews and Dundee Universities for the development of CAL for the teaching of elementary physiology. The aims of this project are stated. The historical background to the project, stemming from the use of BBC networks at St Andrews and Dundee, is presented. The project uses systems of networked PCs which give a number of advantages over the BBC systems. The thinking of the group on the best model for the development of CAL in physiology and the choice of Microtext as the authoring system are discussed. Working in a group of three departments offers several advantages for the development of high quality software. These advantages are discussed. The physiological Society “Bulletin Board” as a means of distributing information about physiology CAL via the JANET network is described.