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Virtual EDS - A Cross-Platform Interactive Multimedia Tool for Self-Paced Instruction in Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy and Microanalysis.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

Brendan J. Griffin  and
Clive E. Nockolds
Brendan J. Griffin
Affiliation:
Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, 6907
Clive E. Nockolds
Affiliation:
The Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006
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The collection and analysis of x-rays emitted by samples in electron microscopes is in many ways a dynamic process. Conventional methods of off-line teaching are restricted in their ability to convey this dynamic and interactive nature. The recent developments in multimedia software and the increase in power of desktop systems can be taken advantage of in teaching in this area. Specifically the original AMAS (Australian Microbeam Analysis Society) EDS course notes have been integrated with a range of interactive tutorials and multi-choice assessment using the Macromedia Director 6.0 multimedia authoring software. The ‘Virtual EDS’ software is compatible with the Macintosh, Windows'95, Windows NT and Windows 3.11 platforms, on CD-ROM.

The project is on-going but currently the software contains the full AMAS EDS notes updated as thirteen reference topics and the following four interactive tutorials:

Type
Advances in Remote Microscopy, Instrument Automation and Data Storage
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 4 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '98, Microscopy Society of America 56th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia July 12-16, 1998 , July 1998 , pp. 38 - 39
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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1. This project was funded through the Outreach Program of the Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis by the Australian Research Council and by the University of Western Australia. Email: Google Scholar