Computer videodisc education systems

Computer Aided Education on Flexible Transmission Systems

This paper demonstrates how Mathcad software can be used as a major advancement for teaching flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS). Mathcad, thanks to its efficient presentation and computation capabilities, holds strong potential as a teaching tool for engineering education. The advantages of the proposed approach are: (i) the students write the equations in the familiar textbook format, (i...

The Use of Computer Algebra Systems in Computer Science Education*

Every student of Computer Science will encounter certain very important and fundamental data structures and algorithms. Many of those structures are relatively simple to understand conceptually, but exceedingly difficult to analyze, especially when average behavior is taken into account. Therefore, if students are to choose the best algorithm for a problem or optimize the parameters of an algor...

Computer Algebra Systems in Engineering Education

This paper discusses the use of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) in engineering education. A brief overview of the challenges and problems of computer and network-based lecturing and distance learning is given. From this general point of view, the power and limitations of CAS as systems for doing mathematics and simulations; calculators with infinite precision; teaching-tools for non-trivial exam...

Videodisc update.

Design Considerations for Interactive Videodisc

Despite a decade of experience in the use of interactive videodisc in the exhibit setting, we have very little systematic knowledge of what constitutes a successful application of videodisc. Broadly defined, much of the analysis that does exist concerns itself with technical considerations such as the clarity of the screen layout, ways to deal with multiple users, and so forth. However, in this...