Future plans
As UDENTE is not a for-profit organisation, it will continue to reinvest in further expansion of its portfolio of quality assured dental learning materials and leading-edge technology, which integrates seamlessly with that of the dental schools it serves.
Planned learning materials
In keeping with its commitment to enrich its offering, the following learning materials are planned for release during the course of 2010.
- Access to extensive HEDI multimedia collection from University of Adelaide Dental School
- Oral Pathology
- Further Publisher e-Textbook uploads (from selection of 32 titles available)
- Radiology 3rd year
- Children's Dentistry
- MClinDent modules
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Major collections of 35mm slides being scanned and tagged, including from King’s College London: Oral Medicine and Pathology (Professor Rod Cawson, courtesy of Elsevier), Paedodontics. (Professor Graham Roberts) and Oral Surgery (Professor John Langdon)
Technological developments
- e-shop – an important market place for allied industry and additional academic contributions
- Timetabling version 2 – brings four handed dental timetabling to the clinics
- Curriculum mapping – spearheaded by the Faculty of Dentistry University of Adelaide
- Communications tools – Building on the basic chat and bulletin boards to facilitate secure videoconferencing
- Project Wonderland. 3D world are part of the young ‘Y’ generations world. 3D environments will be created to wrap around the functionality of UDENTE
- Enhanced database development to support enhanced multimedia and haptic interfaces
Enhancing the face-to-face experience of students
Now that so much time, money and intellectual expertise has been invested in delivering the world’s first virtual dental school, I would like to see as many schools across the world benefit from it. The potential is enormous for collaborative learning by sharing knowledge and expertise in these new exciting learning environments. These new developments are designed to enhance the face-to-face experience of students at the chairside in a blended and media rich approach.
Professor Patricia Reynolds
King’s College London
