A Media-Based Engineering Design Teaching Tool: MIT’s EDICS
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EDICS (Engineering Design Instructional Computer Program) has proven to be a fun and intriguing means of conveying a wide variety of engineering design subjects to motivated students. The program consists of seven subjects which engineering students often have difficulty with even after completing their undergraduate studies. These subjects are: bearings, drawing and drafting, mounting of shafts to rotors, connections between cylinders, fastening and joining, transmissions, and material selection. Each subject is presented to the student through a series of interactive screens that include media such as pictures, animations, videos, and games.
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