A multimedia tutorial for charged-particle dynamics

We are developing a computer-based tutorial for charged-particle beam optics. The tutorial, “accelerators and beams”, will be delivered on Macintosh and Windows platforms. It uses multimedia techniques to enhance the student´s rate of learning and length of retention of the material. As such, it integrates our interactive On-Screen Laboratories^TM with hypertext, line drawings, photographs, animation, video, and sound. We are targeting a broad audience from technicians to graduate students in science and engineering. There will be both an academic version and specialized versions for companies that have particular training needs. The tutorial content is about equivalent to a one-semester course at the upper undergraduate level. At this time we have about a third of the material available in prototype form