Title :
A new approach to interactive tutorial software for engineering education
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Santa Clara Univ., CA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The experimental tutorial software described in this paper is designed specifically for engineering education at the university level, and it is significantly different in purpose and structure from other educational software. Its goal is to help students understand, visualize, and connect basic concepts. It is not a design tool or a wealth of hyperlinked text or an infinite source of drill problems. It is intended to be a dynamic and flexible resource for instructors as well as students and to be used by groups as well as individuals. It takes advantage of currently available high-resolution graphics capability to go beyond what can reasonably be expected of textbooks or computer systems with small low-resolution displays. Since the software is written as an X Windows Motif application, it achieves a wide degree of platform independence for workstations and PCs. In addition, the tutorial set can be distributed without license fees or additional software acquisition costs for the user
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; engineering computing; engineering education; engineering graphics; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; X Windows Motif application; computer systems; dynamic resource; engineering education; flexible resource; high-resolution graphics capability; interactive tutorial software; low-resolution displays; platform independence; textbooks; Application software; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Costs; Engineering education; Licenses; Personal communication networks; Tutorial; Visualization; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
