Microcomputer Education Research Articles

4207 機械システム工学科における組込みマイコン教育の取り組み(S63-2 技術教育・工学教育(2),21世紀地球環境革命の機械工学:人・マイクロナノ・エネルギー・環境)

This Paper reports the experiment of microcomputer education at the department of mechanical systems engineering, Asahikawa national college of technology. We developed microcomputer training kit for beginners and was practices at the work experiment for the student. In the graduate study, a line trace robot was made in for learning in Mechatronics. systems.

Models of Qualitative Data Use in the Assessment of Classroom-Based Microcomputer Education Programs

As efforts to understand the benefits and consequences of classroom-based microcomputer programs increase, the use of qualitative strategies have increasingly become research methods of choice. Unfortunately, much confusion surrounds their use, partly because of uncertainty concerning just “what” should be evaluated and partly because the qualitative paradigm is not always well understood. This article discusses epistemological issues involved in the use of qualitative methods and specifies six models of qualitative data design and use: anecdotal, structured observations, case study, multisite case study, ethnography, and microethnography. Each is discussed in terms of its applicability to an ongoing evaluation of Apple Computer's “Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow.”

Microcomputer Usage in Marketing Departments of Fortune 500 Firms: What Should Marketing Students Study?

As microcomputer applications expand in marketing firms, providing relevant computer education for university marketing students is increasingly important. This article reports the levels and kinds of computer use in the nation's largest companies. These findings are used to recommend the content and direction of microcomputer education. Specific course content and software packages are considered.

Microcomputer Education

Microcomputer Education

GENUS: a microcomputer education program for diagnosis of rheumatic knee pain

GENUS: a microcomputer education program for diagnosis of rheumatic knee pain

Investigation of transfusion reactions through microcomputer education software

Abstract The purpose of this study was to develop educational software to simulate laboratory investigation of transfusion reactions. An interactive, branching-style program was developed using, a 256K Personal Computer (International Business Machines, Boca Raton, FL). Over 75 institutions in the United States and Canada are currently using the software in preprofessional and continuing in professional education programs.

U.S. farmer's attitudes towards microcomputer uses

U.S. farmer's attitudes towards microcomputer uses were assessed using an analysis of survey results. A survey of 2000 farmers and ranchers was conducted to determine the structure of their opinions and attitudes towards microcomputing. The primary purpose of the survey was to present the results of the survey and to derive the implications for the development of Extension microcomputer education activities.

Microcomputer Education: An Integrated Approach to Curriculum Design

Microcomputer Education: An Integrated Approach to Curriculum Design

Peer taught microcomputer skills: An untapped resource for stretching the budget

This article presents a solution to the problem of providing students with microcomputer education without significant increases in funding. One method of providing students with software training is through peer teachers. Students teaching other students to use software is an untapped resource that should be carefully considered. The article describes an approach in which students who were familiar with Lotus 1-2-3®∗ were enlisted to teach other students the Lotus® spreadsheet software. Significant savings in faculty time were obtained through the peer teaching approach.

Microcomputer Education: Prerequisite to Productivity

Microcomputer Education: Prerequisite to Productivity

The Microcomputer and Special Education Management

Microcomputer technology creates a critical demand for computer literacy. It also provides new management techniques for school administration. This article addresses the use of microcomputers in special education management by discussing data collection and information management, the selection of microcomputer software and hardware, and the potential for computer-based special education management.

Lift-off techniques for fine line metal patterning

Microprocessor education has developed rapidly in the United States because of the low-cost, wide-appeal, and simple operation of microcomputers. Courses are offered for university students, for graduate engineers and scientists, and for honnyists. This year nearly all U.S. electrical engineering departments and most electrical technology departments are offering microcomputer education. These courses stress hardware familiarization and programming and are primarily based on the Intel 8080. Courses for graduate engineers and scientists are offered by mabufacturers, universities, professional societies, and consulting firms. They are similar in content to courses for undergraduates and are expected to reach their peak in 1977. The most rapidly growing area of microcomputer education is courses for hobbyists that stress applications programming, primarily in high-level languages.

Microcomputer Education in India

After discussing various aspects of microcomputer education, the author suggests two courses on microcomputers: 1) an introductory course at the third year, second semester level, and 2) a Microprocessor System Design course at the fourth year, first or second semester level (Institute elective) of the five-year B.Tech. degree program at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay. The author emphasizes that hands-on experience is a must for the microcomputer courses and suggests a typical laboratory setup.

An Industrial Microcomputer Education Program

The Western Electric Company's Corporate Education Center offers a program in microcomputer education for graduate engineer employees of the company. The courses which are typically two weeks in length, cover the range from courses for engineers with no computer experience to courses for engineers who will be designing equipment incorporating microprocessors. Included is a description of the overall program with projections of new courses to be added in the early 1980's. Some of the major problems encountered in starting and maintaining the program are discussed. The equipment used by students for laboratory exercises is described.

Survey of Microcomputer Education in Mechanical Engineering Departments

Survey of Microcomputer Education in Mechanical Engineering Departments

Introducing microcomputer education to mechanical engineering curriculum

Introducing microcomputer education to mechanical engineering curriculum

Microcomputer education in the United States

Microprocessor education has developed rapidly in the United States because of the low-cost, wide-appeal, and simple operation of microcomputers. Courses are offered for university students, for graduate engineers and scientists, and for honnyists. This year nearly all U.S. electrical engineering departments and most electrical technology departments are offering microcomputer education. These courses stress hardware familiarization and programming and are primarily based on the Intel 8080. Courses for graduate engineers and scientists are offered by mabufacturers, universities, professional societies, and consulting firms. They are similar in content to courses for undergraduates and are expected to reach their peak in 1977. The most rapidly growing area of microcomputer education is courses for hobbyists that stress applications programming, primarily in high-level languages.

An experience on microcomputer education

Two years of experience teaching microcomputers are reported in this paper. The objectives of the course and its contents are presented. The course is structured in modules for each of which objectives and ways of implementation are given. Finally the Laboratory resources needed for each module are specified.

Microcomputer education in an industrial environment

The particular educational aspects of the “microprocessor revolution” are discussed. It is recognized that the most effective training program would consist in a (reduced) general Computer Science curriculum together with some background in Electrical Engineering. In this context, a microprocessor is then just an economical building block for a computer. In an industrial environment, this type of program, although providing the highest pay-off in the long run, is difficult to implement economically for those people already employed. Since most of the potential microprocessor designers within a company will be (former) hardware designers, there exists a definite need for a program emphasizing the basic techniques of software design, with a sufficient broad scope to encompass most of the typical problems encountered in microcomputer-based systems. An overview of such a program is presented. Most of the material will be already well-known to anyone in the computer science field. However, observation has shown that the presently used system and design methodology in the microcomputer applications field is often comparable to that of the earliest days of the computer era. An educational program, is described, may contribute to bridging this gap.

The microcomputer and computer science education

To properly understand the role of the microcomputer in computer science requires a certain amount of electrical engineering knowledge concerning electronic technology. In a computer science program it is often found that students have no background in electrical engineering. Thus the proper presentation of the microcomputer in such a program demands that the students be provided with sufficient background education to fully understand the impact of the microcomputer. This paper deals with the way in which the microcomputer is presented in the computer science curriculum at Bowling Green State University. The curriculum is pure computer science in the sense that the students have no electrical engineering exposure. Thus, the students must be given sufficient background to fully appreciate the role of the microcomputer. In conclusion, a short summary of future microcomputer education and laboratory facility goals is made.