Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
A first course in digital signal processing is being taught with an electronic book in a computer classroom. The electronic book is a set of Mathcad documents bound with hyperlinks and with navigation, full text search, annotation, and special pasting facilities. The documents consist of interactive text, graphics, and mathematics regions. The computer classroom consists of 20 student personal computer (PC) workstations and an instructor´s podium with PC workstation, lighting, and projection (computer screen, overhead, and video) controls. The electronic book, the computer classroom, experience with student-selected content and pacing, portfolio and project evaluation, and other instructional methods are discussed
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; hypermedia; interactive systems; signal processing; Mathcad documents; annotation; computer classroom; digital signal processing course; electronic book; full text search; graphics; hyperlinks; instructional methods; interactive text; mathematics; pasting facilities; personal computer workstations; portfolio evaluation; project evaluation; projection; student-selected content; Computer aided instruction; Computer graphics; Digital signal processing; Electronic publishing; Lighting control; Mathematics; Microcomputers; Navigation; Portfolios; Workstations;
