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Session 2439

Using Shareware Resources in the IE Curriculum

Denise F. Jackson, Ph.D., P.E. and Willie Ross, III Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Tennessee

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The World Wide Web (WWW or web) and the Internet allow access to a variety of resources that can be incorporated into the Industrial Engineering (IE) curriculum. The use of information technologies as an integral part of a course tends to increase student enthusiasm and makes communications and data exchanges more efficient. The web contains a plethora of information, including software packages that are available for nominal fees – some of which are free. This software is referred to as shareware. Numerous shareware programs can be used for industrial engineering applications.

This paper offers guidelines for selection and evaluation of shareware resources on the web for academic use and interjection of these resources into the industrial engineering curriculum. The objective is to leverage the Internet and the interest students have in it to increase both the efficiency and effectiveness of the IE educational process.

Introduction

The Internet can be used or accessed almost anywhere on this planet. Although the Internet is known as a great resource, it is not often used fully for educational purposes within engineering. Shareware programs are one small resource that is available from the Internet. Shareware is basically computer software that anyone can download whether from the Internet or by other means that is free for a limited time. When that limited time has passed, the user must pay to continue using the software. Shareware encompasses a wide range of programs that can be used for many different purposes. The purpose to this paper is to show how shareware programs are useful to the industrial engineering curriculum.

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Selection of shareware programs and other software should be taken seriously. From “The History of Shareware and PsL,” many programmers were purposely crippling their software since some of the consumers did not pay when the allotted time had ended. An organization called the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) was formed to address the problems associated with corrupted programs. ASP was formed in April 1987 to strengthen the future of shareware (user-supported software) as an alternative to commercial software. Its members, all of whom subscribe to a code of ethics, are committed to the concept of shareware as a method of marketing software developed by small companies or individuals. Thus, consumers can have

Proceedings of the 2002 American society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Ross, W., & Jackson, D. (2002, June), Using Internet Resources In The Ie Curriculum Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10891