Can Instruction On Engineering Design Be Given On Cd Ro Ms? Questions And Discussion Accompanying A Demonstration Of Mit's Edics

The reasoning and background that led to the development of a multimedia system aimed at supplementing instruction in engineering design are described. The usefulness of the resulting program, necessarily one of restricted scope, has been limited by the technology available. The advent of CD-ROMs promises the first opportunity of testing the effectiveness of multimedia instruction because most of the restrictions on use by instructors and students are eliminated. The contents of the present MIT multimedia program are briefly described. Questions on how the technology might be developed and used are posed and discussed.