A LabVIEW courseware customized for pre-college learners

Author

du Preez, S.J. ; Sinha, S. ; Hutton, M.

Author_Institution

Nat. Instrum., Midrand

fYear

2007

fDate

26-28 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The paper details the development of a courseware for LabVIEW. LabVIEW is a graphical programming language that serves as a platform for measurements and automation. The courseware is intended to be customized for South African school leaving candidates, further referred to as pre-college learners. The courseware is aimed at authenticated remote learning (online training) as well as classroom-based facilitated training. The development is an integrated compilation of experiments based on LabVIEW and PHP/SQL (to administer and manage the learners). The courseware is developed in alignment with the outcomes proposed in the new curriculum statements for South Africa, but is also applicable to other countries, in general.

Keywords

computer science education; courseware; distance learning; LabVIEW courseware; PHP; SQL; South Africa; classroom-based facilitated training; graphical programming language; online training; precollege learners; remote learning; Africa; Courseware; Data acquisition; Databases; Education; Instruments; Management training; Open source software; Programming profession; Web server; database connectivity; pre-college education; remote training; scripting; virtual instruments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON 2007

Conference_Location

Windhoek

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0987-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0987-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2007.4401571

Filename

4401571