Advanced IT approaches to computer graphics teaching

Author

Divjak, Sasa

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

17-17 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

505

Abstract

Teaching computer graphics topics can be really attractive by means of usual multimedia technologies which include pictures, video clips and possibly some interactive demo programs. In order to accomplish this research, a gallery of corresponding multimedia didactic materials was gathered and structured corresponding to the curriculum of a computer graphics course. The implemented courseware was structured corresponding to the following subtopics: general 3D concepts; modeling; rendering; animation; virtual reality. Various presentation and dissemination methodologies were tested

Keywords

computer animation; courseware; educational courses; educational technology; multimedia computing; rendering (computer graphics); solid modelling; teaching; teleconferencing; virtual reality; animation; computer graphics teaching; courseware; education technology; general 3D concepts; interactive demo programs; modeling; multimedia didactic materials; multimedia technologies; pictures; rendering; video clips; video conferencing; virtual reality; Animation; Chaos; Computer graphics; Courseware; Education; IEEE members; Java; Rendering (computer graphics); Testing; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa

Conference_Location

Gaborone

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8605-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406726

Filename

1406726