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来教授计算机图形学，并正在开发帮助其他人采用这种新方法的方法来改进课程材料。该方法基于分析和实现具有现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适用。这个项目的智力价值在于帮助学生更好地理解基本的计算机图形学概念在现实世界中的应用，从而提高学生的学习动机和记忆力。这个项目更广泛的影响在于为大多数现有的IT/CS/工程学位课程中的计算机图形学课程创建一个模型，支持在职成年人自学计算机图形学概念和实践计算机图形学应用。

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.