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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Interactive Web Based Animation Software: An Efficient Way to Increase the Engineering Student’s Fundamental Understanding of Particle Kinematics and KineticsAbstractAnimation software for an introductory Dynamics course has been developed, which may be asupplement to the proposed text: Riley, Sturges, Stanley “Dynamics”, 3rd Edition (Wiley andSons, Inc. New York). This interactive software is unique because each animation is directlylinked to a homework problem and no programming is required of the user. The animations areweb-based (hard-coded in Adobe Flash Action Script), so no external computer programs areneeded.The software was piloted in two sections of Dynamics during the fall term of 2007, where it

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2008 Northeast Section Meeting

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Bassem Alhalabi; M. K. Hamza; Ali Abu-El Humos

Experiment, On-line Experiment perception, Psychology of LearningOnline, Engineering Experiments Online, Instructional Psychology INTRODUCTIONRemote labs Environment (RLE), is a forward step linking software simulation to real physical labs. Whilesoftware simulation is limited by design and outcome, RLE experimentation can take place in actual physicallabs rather than a simulated environment (e.g. conducting a physics experiment using a computer softwarewith animated and controlled set of modules and instructions). At times and as needed, RLE can be effectivesubstitutes for conventional labs (campus labs)-- especially if the following advantages are being sought:cost reductions in terms of labs