Educational Simulation:
Comparision of VisSim and Simple Vacuum Pump
System interfaces
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Authors:
Dheeraj Batra - dbatra@glue.umd.edu
Roya Mohseni - sarsak@wam.umd.edu
Teh-Wei Shiau - shiau@glue.umd.edu
Tsin Wah Lee - twlee@glue.umd.edu
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Abstract
Using simulation software for learning process has been adopting by
educational field since simulations are powerful educational tools.
Students could show great improvement on the
learning process if the interfaces of the simulation software are
well-designed. The propose of this project was to evaluate two versions
of user interfaces for a software program which allows the users to
learn the manufacturing process. The two user interfaces -- VisSim and
Simple, will be very
different from one another. Whereas one will be a textual interface with
very little graphics, the other one will be "loaded" with graphics. Our
goal in conducting this experiment was to determine which of the two
versions of the software is better for the learning process. We
hypothesized that subjects using the VisSim interface needed less time
to complete the tasks than subjects using Simple interface.
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