Improving the quality of learning and teaching has always been in the interest of instructors in all fields of study. There have been tremendous efforts to this end. In this article, learning and teaching modules enhanced with computer technology are introduced. This approach is based on concept questioning and scenario building aided with interactive animation, simulation, and rich graphical c...

SystemC is a system-level design and simulation language based on Cþþ. We’ve been using SystemC for computer organization and design projects for the past several years. Because SystemC is embedded in Cþþ it contains the powerful abstraction mechanisms of Cþþ not found in traditional hardware description languages, such as support for object-oriented programming and generic programming (templat...

Medical students should learn certain facts and comprehension of these facts during an elective month spent in a Department of Anaesthesia. This enables them to make the most of the tutorial situation in which they work with clinical anaesthetists. Pre- and post-elective multiple choice questions were used to test the efficacy of computer based non-linear programmes of multiple choice questions...

This paper uses the category of teaching presence as a framework to analyze and compare teaching presence in two computer conference contexts. Teaching presence is defined as the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes. This paper is based on an interview designed to capture reflections about teaching practices of two instructors, one from the United States and the...

This paper describes the design and development of an interactive multimedia simulator for pre-operational setup procedures on a computer numerically controlled turning center. This is part of an effort to develop training tools to supplement the online education program offered at the University of Houston. The benefits of such a simulator is that it acts as a computer based training tool for ...

Over the past year the instructors of the Human Computer Interaction courses at CCRMA have undertaken a technology shift to a much more powerful teaching platform. We describe the technical features of the new Atmel AVR based platform, contrasting it with the Parallax BASIC Stamp platform used in the past. The successes and failures of the new platform are considered, and some student project s...