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 My research explores the creation
of computer based modeling and simulation environments that are simple enough for students to be able to use them
within the framework of existing courses, and yet complex and rich enough for the students to be able to learn
from the modeling. In order to do that, students using my software build models, supported in a way which
focuses student activity on the connections between the model and the real world.
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Contact Information
Email: noel@cc.gatech.edu
Daytime Phone: (404) 894-6266
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BOOST:
Basic Object Oriented Support Tool
BOOST applies model-building techniques to teaching an undergraduate course in Object-Oriented programming,
and is partially based on my observations teaching that course during Winter Quarter, 1997. BOOST has been used
in two classes of over 100 students each, and has shown significant improvements in students' grades and in their
design process.
BOOST research home page
BOOST is also available for download (but it still logs activity). Go to the BOOST
Download Page
DEVICE:
Dynamic Environment For Visualization In Chemical Engineering
Before BOOST, I worked on a project called. DEVICE:
Dynamic Environment for Visualization in Chemical Engineering. DEVICE is a software environment that allows
Georgia Tech students to learn the process of Chemical Engineering Modeling through the construction of simulations.
The home page contains information about the results of that project. A paper
on DEVICE was delivered at CHI '97.
DEVICE research home page
Toymaker is a learning environment created to
teach design, mathematics and reading comprehension to elementary school students. Toymaker was tested in a second
grade classroom in April, 1994. Toymaker was presented at a round table session during the American Educational
Research Association's 1995 annual conference.
I used to be a part of the CaMILE: Collaborative and
Multimedia Integrated Learning Environment project. CaMILE is a web-based collaborative tool that was introduced
in a Mechanical Engineering class at Georgia Tech during Fall Quarter 1994, and was eventually used by several
classes at Tech and other locations. Since then, CaMILE has has been superseded by Swiki/CoWeb,
a CSCL environment developed by Mark Guzdial, and currently in use in an extremely wide variety of sites and fashions.
Toymaker
