22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-1.7.3

COMPUTER BASED TRAINING IN AIRCRAFT DESIGN EDUCATION

D. Scholz, J. Thorbeck
TU Berlin, Germany

Keywords: cbt, wbt, aircraft, design, education, costs

The paper summarizes approaches to computer based training (CBT) and lessons learned in aviation training. Based on these facts, requirements for CBT developments in aircraft design education are formulated. The pros and cons of different software tools for CBT development are briefly discussed. Subsequently, first results of an interactive and multimedia courseware for aircraft design education 1.) based on HTML and JavaScript and 2.) based on spreadsheets are presented. Due to the prohibitive high costs of courseware development for relatively small student groups, an internationally combined effort is required. Course modules linked in an open architecture on the World Wide Web

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