Molly is a general purpose server-side development framework designed to simplify the development of complex web sites and apps, while not locking the developer into any particular design paradigm. Molly has been used to build distance learning tools, virtual communities, electronic health record components, mobile apps, commercial web sites, and even a grid-super computing portal. […]
Case Based Learning (CBL) (and variations like Problem Based Learning) implements an educational approach based on realistic real-world cases to provide the context for learning. CBL is widely used for teaching in Law, Medicine, Information Technology, Psychology, and other fields where problem solving and understanding the human component is important. Here in the METAL Lab […]
We believe that Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are going to be “the next big thing.” Between the disposable Google Cardboard and the pricey Oculus Rift there is still much room for makers to experiment and students to learn the nuts and bolts (both literally and figuratively) of VR/AR. This is a project […]
Two tag-based authoring systems, A-frame on the client-side, and Molly on the server-side, when used together can dynamically generate web-based Virtual Reality (VR) scenes. A-Frame is a tag-based abstraction layer built on top of WebVR and JavaScript and is used to create virtual reality environments and applications that run in a web browser. Molly is […]
Project Galen began in 2011 as a student-developed, open-source, standards-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. It was built for touch-screen tablet devices that would access a database server rather than store data on the tablet. Project Galen employed user-centered design techniques that reduced the depth of hierarchical structures that are commonly found in menu-driven EHR […]