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Peer Review

American Heart Association Animations and Interactives

Reviewed:
Aug 12, 2022 by Biology
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 5.0 stars
Content Quality: 5.0 stars
Effectiveness: 5.0 stars
Ease of Use: 5.0 stars
Overview:

This site provides informative illustrations and animations about a variety of conditions, treatments and procedures related to heart disease and stroke. The material is published and maintained by a very reputable source - The American Heart Association.

Type of Material:

Animation

Recommended Uses:

This material can be used in a classroom setting and also health care practitioners will be able to help educate patients about different heart diseases.

Technical Requirements:

This site requires an Internet browser such as Chrome or Firefox and the ability to play videos using Adobe Flash. Adobe has discontinued flash.

 

 

Identify Major Learning Goals:

This is the American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Media Library. It's goal is to educate the user about cardiovascular diseases.

Target Student Population:

College General Ed, Professional, General Public

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Users will benefit most from this site with some basic understanding of human anatomy.

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:
  • The information is accurate and provides a good basic background about the material
  • Most of the images are good quality
  • Images are appropriately categorized
  • Quality of graphics is very good
Concerns:
  • There were no concerns about content at the time of this review

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:
  • This site is easy to understand and easy to use
  • Site is extremely easy to navigate for learning purposes
  • Images, videos, and audio files are appropriately categorized
  • Animations are well done and show good detail
  • Animations and simulations are accurate and straightforward
Concerns:
  • There were no concerns about content at the time of this review

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:
  • The information is well organized
  • Site is fast and intuitive
  • No defective links or major bugs were found
  • Very easy to navigate to the different major sections of site
  • Animation flows very easily
Concerns:
  • There were no concerns about ease of use of this site
Other Issues and Comments:

Updated as of 2022

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