Design and evaluation of multimedia to teach java and object-oriented software engineering

Abstract

CIMEL is a multimedia framework for Constructive and collaborative, Inquiry-based E-Learning supplementing computer science courses. Constructive learning goes beyond learning by receiving knowledge, to learning by building systems, with immediate, visual feedback. Collaborative learning encourages students to interact with instructors and librarians via live links and remote-controlled "show me" sessions and by reviewing multimedia FAQs of recorded "show me" sessions. Inquiry-based learning guides the student into pursuing exploratory research in a community of students and scholars. A text mining and visualization tool enables students to identify and explore emerging technology trends in computer science as part of our inquiry-based framework. Our project documents, evaluation materials and a prototype are available at www.cse.lehigh.edu/~cimel.