title: Development of standards for the design of educational software. Standards Committee for Dental Informatics.
abstract: The ready availability of computers, combined with the advent of sophisticated software development tools, has resulted in a proliferation of dental instructional software. The quality of these products varies widely. Working Group 5 of the Standards Committee for Dental Informatics has published an initial set of guidelines to help course designers develop high-quality instructional materials. In the future, these guidelines will evolve into standards. This article summarizes the guidelines and considers future actions that may be taken once the standards are in place.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology and Medicine, University of Iowa, College of Dentistry, Iowa City 52242, USA. Lynn-Johnson@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schleyer
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000592:standards*; D004498:Education, Dental, Continuing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D012015:Reference Standards; D012985:Software Design