Developing a Low-Cost, Interactive Histology Atlas for Anatomy and Physiology

Описание: Dr. Karen Wiles, Dr. Juan Manuel Ramiro Diaz, Dr. Christina Wilson, Dr. Georgios Kallifatidis, & Dr. Soma Mukhopadhyay, Augusta University

This session will introduce the audience to the use of Pressbooks for affordable OER authorship of highly interactive materials. The audience will be introduced to digital illustration using Procreate and the use of H5P interactive elements in OER publishing. Presenters will discuss ways to engage undergraduate students in the creation of OER materials, offering unique opportunities for professional development. The session will conclude with a discussion of the impact of these OER materials on student success metrics. Anatomy and Physiology I: An Interactive Histology Atlas was made possible through generous grant funding by the University System of Georgia through the Affordable Learning Georgia initiative.

Dr. Karen Wiles is a medical educator in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University. Dr. Wiles earned a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Salisbury University and a PhD from Vanderbilt University. She has taught anatomy and physiology at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 2016.


Dr. Juan Manuel Ramiro-Diaz earned his MS and PhD in Basic Biomedical Sciences Physiology from Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of New Mexico, the University of Iowa, and Augusta University. Since 2020 he has served as a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at Augusta University where he teaches Anatomy and Physiology I/II, and Molecular Biology Laboratory.

Dr. Christina Wilson is an Assistant Professor at Augusta University. She has taught courses covering topics including general biology, anatomy and physiology, genetics, and neurobiology. Both Dr. Wilson’s graduate and postgraduate research focused on the development of an animal model of schizophrenia.

Dr. Georgios Kallifatidis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences, Augusta University. He earned his MS in Biology from Darmstadt University of Technology (Darmstadt, Germany) and his Ph.D. in cancer research from Ruperto Carola University and the German Cancer Research Center (Heidelberg, Germany). He has taught courses in anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, and introductory biology.