Easy Electronic Software for Digital Logic Design

Abstract

E-learning within a highly interactive environment is essentially applicable for web development nowadays. E-learning today gives students a central role in their own learning process. It allows students to try things out, participate in courses, tests and simulations like never before, and to get more out of learning than before. Technologies that allow interactivity, simulation, and self-testing can help students acquire the skills being taught effectively and efficiently. In traditional lecture methods, students just listen to the lecturers in a passive way, unlike in active learning whereby students are more achieve that in the learning process. This paper describes new software called Easy Electronic Software (EES) has been developed to allow simpler solutions for students taking the Digital Logic Design (DLD) subject especially on basic electronic components. The software provides a calculation method for estimating the value of DLD subject components, which are resistance and inductance. In addition, the software also provides a conversion unit for capacitance. The proposed environment is designed by integrating Adobe Flash and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) with a user friendly interface and interactive information. This software also presents the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation, also known as the ADDIE model methodology in order to develop the system. Using this software, students can use the system at their own learning pace. EES is also designed to create an interactive animation learning environment where students could understand and find it easy to memorize DLD subject components by referring to the software. This software also captures the attention of the viewer easily and stays in the memory for a longer period of time. The software will be a medium of transfer knowledge for Information Technology (IT) students and will widen their knowledge in electronic components. The contributions of this paper are towards supporting the e-learning environment for digital logic design learning and an evaluation of its use in this context.