title: [Creating a software package and improving the multimedia teaching of genetics course].
abstract: Multimedia as a pedagogical tool has been widely adopted for improving the quality of teaching. This paper describes the construction of a teaching software package based on the characteristics of the "Genetics" course. It also discusses some particulars of multimedia teaching, the collection of teaching materials, the improvement of teaching effects, and the compilation of a multimedia textbook. How to enhance the quality of the teachers as well as the motivation of the students are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Agronomy Department, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China. chhshi@zju.edu.cn
authors.forename: Chun-Hai
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qiu-Lan
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jian-Guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005823:Genetics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D019212:Multimedia; D012984:Software; D013663:Teaching