DINIS training-are we teaching electrical engineering?

The simulation of the operation of simple and complex power networks on screen is a very powerful training medium. The selection of results for display by the user enables the tutor to focus on the effect of a change, something that has not been possible previously due to the complexity of the interaction with the computer. The optimum course arrangement now ensures that the preliminary sessions are concerned mainly with the introduction and overview, with most of the course reserved for use of the system initially on simple analysis techniques, followed by advanced analysis of more complex networks. This type of training will in future become more focused on the behaviour of the power system, rather than the software application