Work on new educational delivery tools and methods has been the focus of teaching activities in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering during the last four years. This has resulted in the development and effective usage of computer-aided learning modules, and the application of the Web technology and concept in a variety of core subjects and laboratory classes. During the last three years over 920 students have accessed our campus-wide network and used computer aided resources in their first and second year subjects. They worked on over 14,000 computer delivered problems with a certain degree of interactivity. In addition, first year students currently access the ITS Web site to study (or print) lecture material and tutorial questions, to browse input/output files of sample simulation runs (DOS and Windows), to run simulations on sample circuits, and to retrieve their computer simulation assignments.
The main thrust of this presentation is to demonstrate the viability and effectiveness of new educational delivery technologies when they are used to solve part of our teaching problems. Other related issues such as: the integration of computer simulation programs, computer aided learning modules, and other media files in a coherent environment; development costs and implications; real questions about time and/or money saving (long and short term); training and access to appropriate tools (hardware, authoring, conversion, etc.); computer platform and operating systems dependency; and some pedagogical issues will be briefly covered. The seminar will include:
In addition, if time permits, a short demonstration on the use of "Macromedia Shockwave" that has become the most popular way to view multimedia on the Web will be presented. Shockwave is the standard for enabling users to view and interact with multimedia modules on the Web.
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