CONCLUSION

In conclusion, this study takes advantage of the latest in both computer and information technology to enhance the delivery of education through an interactive, computer-aided, teaching and learning tool. It is envisaged that this system will be used to introduce an early understanding of manufacturing issues, a framework for the courseware is developed. Effective use of the new teaching and learning tools require innovation from faculty to explain issues in various media forms, as well as to provide hands-on experiences. Multimedia courseware provides enhanced opponents for engineering students to connect what they leas in the classroom with real world application. Multimedia in Manufacturing Education (MME) has undertaken a number of collaborative projects with industry, a professional society, and a university demonstrating this potential. Cybertronics has been designed, tested and evaluated to incorporate different levels of ability in each of the marketing, electronics design, and manufacturing knowledge areas to allow people to experience the whole development process while specializing in a particular skill. In addition, we are anticipating that the Cybertronics game will be distributed over the World Wide Web, played by students and professionals in refresher courses from a distance during a real-time, virtual classroom space. Students will access Cybertronics and all other ILM material via Netscape and a network connection. Configuring all media and logic within a structured framework also will allow us to update the game more frequently without disturbing the software design architecture, as well as allowing a professor to add material specifically for a class s/he will be teaching. Cybertronics then becomes a part of a flexible software structure that can be modified by instructors and students adding to the knowledge database. A student playing the Cybertronics game to access the Electronics curriculum on Filters, the Electrical Engineering Handbook, and the Marketing Management of Design multimedia piece without ever discontinuing the Cybertronics game. The student's results will be saved to the database dynamically while they access other EM and network resources in order to play the game more effectively