Multi-Media Software Design Studio

非技术领域中计算系统的激增产生了对理解包含人为因素的软件系统设计原则的迫切需求。对优秀软件设计师的需求不断增加，再加上缺乏关于什么构成优秀软件设计原则的形式化知识，需要学徒式的培训方法，在这种方法中，学生通过设计系统并接收对这些设计的反馈来积极学习。计算机科学与工程系开设了人机交互、软件工程和高级项目课程，为学生准备对具有人为因素知识的软件设计师日益增长的需求。这项拨款将资助一项创新的实验室计划，以建立一个多媒体软件设计工作室，在这个工作室里，学生们通过积极地设计和观察他人的设计来学习。工作室使用多媒体技术来展示设计原理。实验项目让学生有机会设计和评估他们自己的工作，以及其他人的工作。为了提供一个高质量的软件设计工作室，通过设计项目和多媒体技术支持主动学习，大学正在购买14台具有多媒体功能的计算机系统和配套的软件和硬件。已经制定了计划，将这项工作传播给计算机科学界。

The proliferation of computing systems in nontechnical domains has created a critical need for understanding principles of software system design that incorporate human factors. The increasing demand for good software designers, coupled with the lack of formalized knowledge about what constitutes good software design principles, demands apprenticeship-like training methods in which students engage in active learning by designing systems and receiving feedback on those designs. The Computer Science and Engineering Department has offered courses in Human-Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, and a Senior Project program that prepare students for the growing demand for software designers with knowledge of human factors. This grant is funding an innovative laboratory program to establish a Multimedia Software Design Studio in which students learn by actively designing and observing the designs of others. The studio uses multimedia technology to demonstrate design principles. The laboratory program gives students the opportunity to design and evaluate their own work, as well as the work of others. In order to provide a quality Software Design Studio that supports active learning through design projects and multimedia technology, the university is purchasing 14 computer systems with multimedia capabilities and supporting software and hardware. Plans have been made to disseminate this work to the computer science community.