On Line Learning Tool For Undergraduate Electric Machines And Power Systems Course

This paper explores both the modules of the developed Electric Machines and Power Systems (EMPS) software and the assessment results of an investigation of learners’ attitude toward this media based teaching tool. The investigation is based on a survey completed by fifteen students enrolled in Electric Machines and Power Systems course at Ohio Northern University. The students are majoring in Electrical Engineering. The teaching tool is designed to optimize students’ performance through an instant observation of and among the parameters of transformers, dc machines, ac machines and transmission line models. The information and data collected from survey and questionnaires were analyzed and used for the evaluation of attitudes toward the use of this media based teaching tool. Students have responded favorably to and expressed their satisfaction with the developed software tool.