1. Boston University Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable December 13, 2000 Leslie Southern, leslie@osc.edu Steve Gordon, sgordon@osc.edu

2. The Course Case Study in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 794) Introduction to methods in modeling and computational solution of scientific and engineering problems, emphasizing use of high- performance computers. Disciplines involved Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Computer Science.

3. Course Objectives –Familiarity with the entire process of computational modeling and solution of a scientific/engineering problem; –Familiarity with alternative numerical approaches to solving differential equations and their trade-offs; –Familiarity with alternative computational methods for solving large sparse systems of equations on high- performance computers; and –Familiarity with software packages and libraries for high-performance scientific computing

4. Syllabus

5. Course Infrastructure –P. (Saday) Sadayappan, Computer and Information Science, OSU –Vishwanath V. Subramaniam, Mechanical Engineering, OSU –Rob Lee, Electrical Engineering, OSU –10 students Fred S. Annexstein, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, U Cincinnati 7 students

6. Distance Learning Technology Was V.O.I.C.E., now LearningBias See http://pilot.thinice.com/ Windows (or Mac) –Hardware Processor: 133 MHz Pentium (or equivalent), Memory: 16MB (32MB with Windows NT), Internet Connection: 56Kbps SLIP or PPP connection to an Internet, Service Provider, or an Ethernet or LAN connection, Video: 640x480 pixel resolution with 256 colors, Sound: 16 bit sound card –Software Browser: Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer, Operating System: Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 SP3, Winsock: A TCP/IP Protocol Stack (Winsock or equivalent)

7. LearningBias Set-up Features –Attendance tracking –Application Sharing –Chat –Audio (one direction) –Archives –tests For CSE794, we implemented a group-to-group environment with application sharing.

8. Preparation Instructor/Technical Support –Prepare Materials (Power Point) –Start VNC –Set-up slide show Student –Login- Login –Start course- Start course –Check audio- Check Audio –Present- Take course

9. Login

10. Finding the Course

11. Starting the Class

12. Student View

13. Reviewing Lectures

14. Lessons-learned Socialization Tools –network traffic –Audio latency