DEVELOPMENT OF COURSEWARE MODULES FOR ENGINEERING MECHANICS EDUCATION

This paper discusses a pilot course introduced in mechanical engineering education. Since computers nowadays can provide enormous benefits in the learning process, it is important to study which techniques are the best for a particular subject. In our model the students still attend the lectures and tutorials, but these conventional techniques are enriched by parallel, fully computerized, homework assignments and virtual laboratory testing. For the purpose of homework assignments, a new software called ASDN was developed. ASDN enables automatic generation of individual homework tasks, their distribution via e-mail and automatic collecting and processing of results. For a better understanding of the numerical tasks, the LAB-3D module was developed, which enables a detailed visualization of prerecorded laboratory tests. These tests comprise the whole testing process, from the visualization of the physical test, to the analysis of the measured data and comparison with numerically obtained results.