Description, analysis and test of an autonomous computer aided learning module for digital control

This paper presents a set of pedagogical solutions and their analysis for an autonomous computer aided learning module. The content of the module is "an introduction to digital control", based on a real (but simulated) system: the automatic air conditioning system inside a modern car. These rather theoretical contents are presented without any mathematics to our non specialist students, according to a pedagogy of the inductive type. Our added value lies in the module structure and in its evaluation. The student opinion is tested about utility and easiness of the contents, utility of the computer for training, usability of the computer in an autonomous way and motivation. The analysis put in evidence a less large positive opinion after the training course than before