Application of Information Technology to Engineering and Science Education

IEEE教育协会的建议，一个特殊的问题， “信息技术在工程和科学中的应用 教育” 1.执行摘要 1996年8月，IEEE教育学会将出版一份《会刊》特刊，并附有一张名为“信息技术在工程和科学教育中的应用”的光盘，以说明工程和科学学会如何利用WWW/光盘技术来审查、传播，最重要的是，档案软件和多媒体材料。虽然光盘可能载有印刷稿的电子版本，但其主要作用是允许分发和存档与印刷稿有关的特殊材料，如软件、彩色图形、视频文件、声音文件和附言文件。毫无疑问，这些材料将成为今后所有出版物的组成部分。负责出版事务的副总裁已经批准将该特刊在出版前两个月开始在一个广为宣传、受到仔细监测的万维网服务器上放置四个月，以评估信息技术在出版档案期刊方面的成功应用。 为了最大限度地发挥这一特刊的作用和影响，将把光盘只读存储器当作万维网服务器，而万维网浏览器则当作万维网服务器，以实现跨平台兼容性（如Mosaic、Netscape等）运行在Microsoft Windows机器上，Macintoshes或X-Windows机器可以查看同一个CD-ROM上的文件。这种跨平台兼容性的方法利用了跨平台平台事实上的标准，它是由最近WWW的爆炸性使用产生的。 虽然I4.141教育协会正在领导这项工作，但计算机协会、美国机械工程师协会以及其他协会和实体也被邀请作为共同赞助者加入这项工作。共同发起人将确保多学科范围的努力将保证特刊实验获得广泛的知名度和分发，并回答许多问题，现在提出的关于使用信息技术的好处，以这种方式。然而，由于制作这期杂志的费用增加，因此需要共同赞助者和科学基金会提供财政支助。预计需要基金会提供的财政支助为10 000.00美元。

IEEE Education Society's for Proposal a Special Issue on the "Applications of Information Technologies to Engineering and Science Education" 1. Executive Summary In August of 1996, the IEEE Education Society will publish a special issue of its Transactions, accompanied by a CD-ROM, tided "Applications of Information Technologies to Engineering and Science Education" to demonstrate how WWW/CD ROM technology can be used by engineering and science societies to review, disseminate, and most importandy, archive software and multi-media material. Although the CD-ROM may contain electronic versions of the printed contributions, its main role is to permit distribution and archiving of special material related to the printed articles, such as software, color graphics, video files, sound files and postscript files. There is no doubt that such material will become an integral part of all future publications. The EEE Vice President for Publications has already approved placing the special issue on a widely publicized, carefully monitored WWW server for four months starting two months before publication to assess the success of dhe use of information technology in publishing archival journals To maxirnize the usefulness and impact of dhe special issue, cross-platform compatibility will be achieved by treating the CD-ROM as a World Wide Web (WWW) server so dhat WWW browsers (such as Mosaic, Netscape and others) running on Microsoft Windows machines, Macintoshes or X-Windows machines can view the files on dhe same CD-ROM. This approach to cross-platform compatibility exploits the cross-platform de facto standard that has been generated by dhe recent explosive use of the WWW. Although the Ii4.141 Education Society is leading dhe effort, dle EEE Computer Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and other societies and entities are being invited to join the effort as co-sponsors. Co-sponsors will i nsure dhe multidisciplinary scope of the effort will guarantee that the special issue experiment receives widespread visibility and distribution, and answers many of the questions now being posed about dhe benefits of using inforamtion technology in this way. However, since there are added costs for the production of the issue, financial support from the co-sponsors and the NATIONAL SCENCE FOUNDATION is needed. The projected need for financial support from the Foundation is $10,000.00.