ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING VARIOUS COMPUTER TOOLS IN ELECTRICAL-ENGINEERING COURSES

This paper discusses different computer tools used to help deliver, ad minister, and teach the material covered in two basic undergraduate co urses in electrical engineering, The computer facilities, programs, an d tutorials developed are discussed; however, the paper concentrates m ore on analyzing the results of using these tools in the student learn ing process, The students' marks and the results of several student su rveys, as well as tile teaching staff's observations, are used to eval uate alae usefulness of the different tools and determine their advant ages and disadvantages, Some unexpected results regarding the actual s tudents' use of these tools are also presented and thoroughly analyzed .