Digital Histology Interest Group or DHIG

It looks like the Digital Histology Interest Group (DHIG) is going to have an informal round-table session during EB2017 (in Chicago), and there is an on-going conversation about what specific topics we should cover in our round-table session.

One possible topic for our round-table session is a discussion of how we incorporate virtual slides/virtual microscopy into our teaching.  Some of us use virtual slides primarily in a formal laboratory setting (replacing 'real' microscopes with computers), while some apparently use virtual slides in an asynchronous distance-learning format (or possibly in a classroom setting?).  In some cases, the students access the virtual slides through links embedded in a laboratory manual, while in other cases, the students access virtual slides through an online portal.  Some courses heavily annotate their virtual slides, while other courses use slides without any annotations whatsoever.  The participants in the round-table session would describe how they use virtual slides in their teaching, and the discussion would center around what works and what doesn't work.  We would be looking to share innovative ideas on how to incorporate virtual slides into teaching histology.

If you think that this would be a useful topic during the round-table session at EB2017, click on the "Recommend" button in the upper right-hand corner of this discussion thread (the session organizers are going to use this as a way of 'voting' for the topics you think we should include). 

Please add to this message-thread If you have ideas or comments about how we could refine this discussion topic ("how virtual microscopy is incorporated into our histology teaching") to make it more relevant to your needs/interests, or if you have ideas for innovative approaches that the group could use when discussing this topic.

If there are other topics that you would like to see included in the round-table session discussion, please start a new message-thread and contact Stephanie Attardi (who is the lead-person in organizing this session).

Thanks!

It looks like the Digital Histology Interest Group (DHIG) is going to have an informal round-table session during EB2017 (in Chicago), and there is an on-going conversation about what specific topics we should cover in our round-table session.

One possible topic for our round-table session is a discussion of how we incorporate virtual slides/virtual microscopy into our teaching.  Some of us use virtual slides primarily in a formal laboratory setting (replacing 'real' microscopes with computers), while some apparently use virtual slides in an asynchronous distance-learning format (or possibly in a classroom setting?).  In some cases, the students access the virtual slides through links embedded in a laboratory manual, while in other cases, the students access virtual slides through an online portal.  Some courses heavily annotate their virtual slides, while other courses use slides without any annotations whatsoever.  The participants in the round-table session would describe how they use virtual slides in their teaching, and the discussion would center around what works and what doesn't work.  We would be looking to share innovative ideas on how to incorporate virtual slides into teaching histology.

If you think that this would be a useful topic during the round-table session at EB2017, click on the "Recommend" button in the upper right-hand corner of this discussion thread (the session organizers are going to use this as a way of 'voting' for the topics you think we should include). 

Please add to this message-thread If you have ideas or comments about how we could refine this discussion topic ("how virtual microscopy is incorporated into our histology teaching") to make it more relevant to your needs/interests, or if you have ideas for innovative approaches that the group could use when discussing this topic.

If there are other topics that you would like to see included in the round-table session discussion, please start a new message-thread and contact Stephanie Attardi (who is the lead-person in organizing this session).

Thanks!