A Simple Low-Cost Portable Energy Efficient Device to Supplement Operating System Curriculum

Author

Lo, Chia-Tien Dan ; Qian, Kai ; Zhang, Yan-Qing

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. & Software Eng., Southern Polytech. State Univ., Marietta, GA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

6-8 July 2011

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

77

Abstract

This paper presents a new simple low-cost portable energy efficient device for teaching operating systems. This new technology offers a variety of curricular components including an open sourced small OS for proof of concepts and is suitable for project oriented curriculum, especially for online courses. This device has a potential to be reused in other computing courses. Its inexpensive characteristics promote broad adoption especially in resource limited institutions.

Keywords

computer science education; courseware; educational institutions; energy conservation; operating systems (computers); power aware computing; teaching; computing courses; curricular components; energy efficiency; online courses; operating system; portable device; project oriented curriculum; proof of concepts; resource limited institutions; teaching; Clocks; Computer science; Education; Embedded systems; Hardware; Education; MSP430; Microprocessor; Operating System;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens, GA

ISSN

2161-3761

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-209-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-3761

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2011.29

Filename

5992269