Essential Concepts for Building Interactive Computer Graphics Applications

计算机科学(31)这个项目正在从一种新的自上而下的方法中提炼课程材料来教授计算机图形学，并正在开发方法来帮助其他人采用这种新方法。该方法基于分析和实现具有真实世界复杂性的图形应用程序。它的动机是学生对计算机图形学的兴趣，因为他们有基于图形的应用程序的经验，他们希望他们的课程将直接应用。这个项目的智力价值在于促进更好地理解现实世界应用程序中的基本计算机图形学概念，从而提高学生的动机/保持有效的学习。这个项目的更广泛的影响在于在大多数现有的IT/CS/工程学学位课程中创建一个计算机图形学课程的模型，支持在职成年人自学概念和实践计算机图形应用程序的实施。

Computer Science (31)This project is refining course materials from a new top-down approach to teaching computer graphics and is developing ways to assist others in adopting this new approach. The approach is based on analyzing and implementing graphics applications with real-world complexity. It is motivated by students' interest in computer graphics because of their experience with graphics-based applications and their desire that their courses will be directly applicable.The intellectual merit of this project lies in facilitating a better understanding of fundamental computer graphics concepts in real-world applications, resulting in improvements of student motivation/retention with efficient learning.The broader impact of this project lies in creating a model for computer graphics courses in most existing IT/CS/Engineering degree programs that supports working adults in both self-learning the concepts and in practicing implementation of computer graphics applications.