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Frances: A Tool for Understanding Computer Architecture and Assembly Language
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Sondag, Tyler; Pokorny, Kian L.; Rajan, Hridesh – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2012
Students in all areas of computing require knowledge of the computing device including software implementation at the machine level. Several courses in computer science curricula address these low-level details such as computer architecture and assembly languages. For such courses, there are advantages to studying real architectures instead of…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Computer Simulation, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces
Visuals, Path Control, and Knowledge Gain: Variables that Affect Students' Approval and Enjoyment of a Multimedia Text as a Learning Tool
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George-Palilonis, Jennifer; Filak, Vincent – International Journal on E-Learning, 2010
As graphically driven, animated, interactive applications offer educators new opportunities for shaping course content, new avenues for research arise as well. Along with these developments comes a need to study the effectiveness of the individual tools at our disposal as well as various methods for integrating those tools in a classroom setting.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Learner Engagement, Science Instruction, Electronic Learning
An Innovative Improvement of Engineering Learning System Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Concept
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Hung, T. C.; Wang, S. K.; Tai, S. W.; Hung, C. T. – Computers and Education, 2007
An innovative concept of an electronic learning system has been established in an attempt to achieve a technology that provides engineering students with an instructive and affordable framework for learning engineering-related courses. This system utilizes an existing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package, Active Server Pages programming,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Innovation, Engineering, Programming
WebTOP: A 3D Interactive System for Teaching and Learning Optics
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Mzoughi, Taha; Herring, S. Davis; Foley, John T.; Morris, Matthew J.; Gilbert, Peter J. – Computers and Education, 2007
WebTOP is a three-dimensional, Web-based, interactive computer graphics system that helps instructors teach and students learn about waves and optics. Current subject areas include waves, geometrical optics, reflection and refraction, polarization, interference, diffraction, lasers, and scattering. Some of the topics covered are suited for…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Optics, Physics, Computer Uses in Education
Usability of a Runtime Environment for the Use of IMS Learning Design in Mixed Mode Higher Education
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Klebl, Michael – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
Starting from the first public draft of IMS Learning Design in November 2002, a research project at the Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt in Germany was dedicated to the conceptual examination and empirical review of IMS Learning Design Level A. A prototypical runtime environment called "lab005" was developed. It was built based…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management Systems, Web Based Instruction, Foreign Countries
Developing a Web-Enhanced, Televised Distance Education Course: Practices, Problems, and Potential.
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Cheney, Christine O.; Warner, Michael M.; Laing, Diann N. – Computers in the Schools, 2001
Describes a Web site, The Teachers Lounge, developed for a televised distance education course for special education teachers. Highlights include combining televised distance education, Web-enhanced course components, and case-based instruction; graphics and user interface; students' reactions to the cite; and suggestions for improving Web-based…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Distance Education