Flash animation in introductory EE courses

Author

Ferré, Eddy ; Lau, Wai Shan ; Ngo, Bee ; Riskin, Eve A. ; Soma, Mani ; Christie, Richard ; Harris, Jennifer ; Collins, Laura J. ; Lee, Robert E. ; Campion, Michael

Author_Institution

Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

We are developing interactive web pages for distance learning that use Macromedia Flash animation in undergraduate electrical engineering courses in circuits and signals and systems. We have animated key concepts such as steady-state analysis, time scale, time reversal, and convolution to allow students to better visualize these ideas. We are also developing ways to allow student input and immediate feedback in problem solving. The interactive web pages will be formally evaluated this year.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer animation; distance learning; educational courses; electrical engineering education; information resources; Macromedia Flash animation; circuits course; distance learning; immediate student feedback; interactive learning; interactive web pages; introductory electrical engineering courses; problem solving; signals and systems course; steady-state analysis; student input; time reversal; time scale; undergraduate electrical engineering courses; Animation; Circuits; Computer aided instruction; Convolution; Electrical engineering; Feedback; Problem-solving; Steady-state; Visualization; Web pages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7444-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2002.1157912

Filename

1157912