An interactive electronic tutorial on the web for computer organization and architecture

The paper presented here discusses the integration of information technology and multimedia into education through the development of an interactive electronic tutorial. The tutorial, developed to include multimedia modules that are interactive and knowledge-based, will teach users about the basic aspects of computer architecture, organization, and design. The interactive electronic tutorial fully utilizes the power of the information and multimedia technology, including hypertextual organization and the programming language Java, to enhance student learning and problem solving skills and to achieve rich interactivity. The tutorial contains detailed graphics, animation, and video to enhance the delivery of information. The tutorial greatly supports human-computer collaboration to enhance learning and to satisfy user goals by effectively allowing the user to interact with the system in real time like a private tutor.