SPECtra is a technology-based comprehensive engineering educational de
livery system for the study of digital processing (DSP). SPECtra intro
duces a number of DSP education innovations into classroom, including
a commitment to cooperative learning and a reliance on personal comput
er-based instructional (CBI) tools and technologies. This paper will d
evelop the SPECtra philosophy and methodology and then demonstrate its
impact on two new graduate and undergraduate level DSP courses.