Student use of personal digital assistants in a computer engineering course

Author

Avanzato, Robert

Author_Institution

Penn State Abington, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

Penn State Abington has integrated the student use of personal digital assistant (PDA) technology to foster active and collaborative learning experiences in the classroom and laboratory. Palm^TM PDA technology was introduced into a sophomore-level digital systems course in the fall of 2000. The students have investigated handheld software tools for enhancing learning and instruction in both the lecture and laboratory components of the course. Handheld databases, simple CAD tools, C programming, image capture, web-based tools, and robotics applications have been explored

Keywords

computer science education; digital systems; educational courses; notebook computers; C programming; Palm PDA technology; Penn State Abington; handheld databases; handheld software tools; image capture; laboratory components; learning enhancement; lecture components; personal digital assistant technology; robotics applications; simple CAD tools; sophomore-level digital systems course; web-based tools; Collaborative work; Databases; Design automation; Digital circuits; Digital systems; Handheld computers; Laboratories; Personal digital assistants; Programming profession; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

Conference_Location

Reno, NV

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.963668

Filename

963668