Collaborative Research: Authoring tool for a hands-on, on-line, lab curriculum for engineering technology students

工程-电气（55）这个合作项目之间的马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学和马萨诸塞州海事学院正在评估和传播一个新的交互式教学电路分析计算机环境（CIRCE）的大学物理和工程实验室。 CIRCE包括交互式在线软件，提供即时反馈，这是众所周知的，以提高学生的学习和掌握的概念。 它还为学生提供电气测量及其解释的实践经验。 CIRCE包括一个创作工具，允许教师修改环境，以适应自己的实验室设备和课程目标。 该项目旨在通过以下方式改善学生的学习：（1）提供实验室报告的即时反馈，并为学生提供纠正错误的机会;（2）将教师从检查学生作业的任务中解放出来，以便他们可以对实验室练习进行更高级别的监督;（3）通过灵活创建新的实验室软件来支持教育界。 来自四年制大学和马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学的一个教师联盟正在将该软件引入他们的电路分析课程，并评估其有效性。

Engineering - Electrical (55)This collaborative project between the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Massachusetts Maritime Academy is evaluating and dissemination a new interactive instructional circuit analysis computer environment (CIRCE) for college physics and engineering laboratories. CIRCE includes interactive, on-line software that provides immediate feedback, which is known to increase student learning and mastery of concepts. It also provides students with hands-on experience with electrical measurements and their interpretation. CIRCE includes an authoring tool that allows faculty to modify the environment to fit their own laboratory apparatus and curriculum goals. The project seeks to improve student learning by (1) providing immediate feed-back of the laboratory report and an opportunity for students to correct their errors, (2) freeing instructors from the task of checking student work so they can provide higher-level supervision of the laboratory exercise and (3) supporting the educational community by enabling flexible creation of new laboratory software. A consortium of faculty from 4-year colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst are introducing the software into their circuit analysis classes and evaluate its efficacy.