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A Requirements Analysis/Educational Design for Courseware Relating to Heat Loss Through Building Walls
Author(s) -
Keane Marcus M.,
Monaghan Paul F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1991.tb00262.x
Subject(s) - hvac , computer science , multimedia , instructional design , software , conceptual design , human–computer interaction , architectural engineering , air conditioning , engineering , mechanical engineering , programming language
Abstract: Courseware is educational software, designed to create an instructional environment, for the purpose of facilitating learning. Courseware is being developed to support training in a wide range of engineerign disciplines, including Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) design. It in anticipated that courseware will be used much more, to support current training practices in HVAC design, in order to make training more effective, efficient and accessible. Current practices in courseware design indicate very few courseware products are designed using formal methods. this has led to courseware, that is many ways, fails to address learner's needs. If courseware is to be effective, in supporting training in HVAC design, then courseware must be developed using formal methods. In this paper, a formal courseware design model is described. An Educational Design (ED) is carried out, for courseware relating to heating load calculations in buildings, resulting in a detailed conceptual description of how the coursware appears to the user. Sixteen screens are shown, depicting how ther courseware guides the user, in learning how to perform heating load calculations in buildings.