SPECtra: a signal processing engineering curriculum

SPECtra is a technology-based comprehensive engineering educational delivery system for the study of digital processing (DSP). SPECtra introduces a number of DSP education innovations into classroom, including a commitment to cooperative learning and a reliance on personal computer-based instructional (CBI) tools and technologies. This paper will develop the SPECtra philosophy and methodology and then demonstrate its impact on two new graduate and undergraduate level DSP courses.