University of Maribor Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - FERI Institut of...

University of Maribor

Faculty of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science - FERIInstitut of Robotics

Use of the Internet in the Teaching Process

Martin Terbuc

Smetanova ulica 17, Maribor, Sloveniaurl: www.ro.feri.uni-mb.si

e-mail: [email protected]



Overview

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - FERI


Microsoft vs. GNU Linux

GNU Linux



Faculty of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science - FERI

Organisation Study University Degree Proffesional Higher Education Master Ph.D.


Faculty of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science - FERIInstitute of Robotics

Faculty of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science

Dean: Prof. Dr. Ivan Rozman

Institute of Automation Institute of Electronics

Institute of Power Engineering Institute of Robotics

Institute of Computer Science Institute of Informatics

Institute of Mathematics & Physics



Undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering - University Degree

Automation - Production Automation- Process Automation

Electronics - Industrial Electronics- Computer Electronics

Power Engineering - Electrical Power Engineering- Electric Controls- Electromagnetics

Mechatronics - Communications- Regulations- Instrumentation- Actuation- Embedded Systems

Electrical Engineering with Economics - Automation- Electronics- Power Engineering

- Telecommunications

* Credit study ECTS* Faculty of Mechanical Engineering



Undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering - Proffesional Higher Education

Automation - Production Automation- Robotics

Electronics - Industrial Electronics- Computer Electronics

Power Engineering - Electrical Power Engineering- Systems Technology- Structural Technology

Electrical Engineering Studies

University -degree studies Studies to professional higher education

degrees

PhD

3 rd and 4 th Year

Masters degree studies 4 semesters

ElectricalEngineering ElectronicVacuumTechnology

2 nd Year

1 st Year

University degree Professional higher education degree

Undergraduate studies

9 semesters Automation Electronics PowerEngineering Mechatronics

Undergraduate studies 6 semesters of studies and 1

semester of practice in industry Automation Electronics PowerEngineering Telecommunications

Matura Examination

(an external examination) Final examination

(an internal examination)

univ.dipl.ing. dipl.ing.



Graduates in 2000

20 Masters theses10 PhD Dissertations




Introduction

Including of Internet into the teaching process

Creating WebPages

WebPages of Institute of Robotics

Conclusion



Introduction

Classical methods to serve matter of study Chalk and blackboard

Technical helps diaprojectors overhead projectors computers VCRs episciopes

Internet available from everywhere with any browser multimedia, ...



Including of Internet into the teaching process

Step by step research organisation projects, work hardware and software companies searching in the libraries individual use of e-mail and use of newsgroups virtual laboratories actual experiments over the Internet Help for students by study, not distance learning



Creating WebPages

Attractive pages presentation of the matter

Iterative process start with a idea improved every semester

Form not complex navigation not to big documents (modems) common form



Creating WebPages

Tools GENTLE WBT ... access time computing power classical WebPages HTML documents



WebPages of Institute of Robotics

Informations about our institute

Abstracts about lectures

Instructions for laboratory work

1999/2000 unified presentation pages for subjects clear presentation simple achievement of knowledge

www.ro.feri.uni-mb.si "Education" -> list of subjects -> "bookmarks" learning

http://www.ro.feri.uni-mb.si/

(Control techniques)

(Winter semester 1999/2000)

(Assistant)

(Lecturer)

(Important messages)

(Related links: Robotics, servodrives, ...)

(Requirements for the exam)

(Contents)

(Program)

(Homeworks, exercises)

(Messages)

(Marks)

(Starting page)

(Contents)

(Program)


(Messages)

(Marks)

(Starting page)

(Program of work in the semester)

(Week)

(Lectures)

(Exercises)

(Notes)

(Colloquiums)

(Contents)

(Program)


(Messages)

(Marks)

(Starting page)

(Homeworks)

(Homeworks)(Computer ex.) (MATLAB files)

(Laboratory ex.)

(No.)

(Computer ex.)

(Contents)

(Complete until)

(Solutions)

(Notes)

(Contents)

(Program)


(Messages)

(Marks)

(Starting page)

(MATLAB files)

(Laboratory ex.)

(No.) (Contents)(Complete until) (Notes)

(Contents)

(Program)


(Messages)

(Marks)

(Starting page)

(Messages)

(Message)

(Date)

(Contents)

(Program)


(Messages)

(Marks)

(Starting page)

(Student No.)

(Colloquium I)

(Colloquium II)

(Homeworks)

(Written exam)

(Protocols)

(Possible points)

(Average)



Conclusion

Students are prepared to use new media

We must teach them how to use it

Same approach during all years of study

Costs of the Internet access classical material

Permanently maintenance



Microsoft vs. GNU Linux

* Microsoft* GNU Linux* Why Linux?* Linux installation* Windows connectivity* Standard and scientific software* Real time* Conclusion



Microsoft

+ Easy to use+ Look good+ We know it+ Application

- Expensive- Problems- Standards (Microsoft standars ie. Internet explorer)- Real time



GNU Linux

- We don't know it- Problems

+ Stable+ Free+ Open (source code GPL)+ Easy to use (GNOME, KDE, ...)+ Look good (GNOME, KDE, ...)+ Application (StarOffice, Latex, Lyx, Gimp, Matlab, Delphi, ...)+ Real time+ UNIX like+ POSIX



Why Linux?

* Almost all scientific applications run on Linux* It is stable* It is cheap* It runs on almost any hardware (ix86, ARM, Alpha, Sparc, Mips, PowerPC, H8, MC68HC11, ...)* It is open source (You know what you get)* ...



Try Linux

Different ways to Linux:* Install GNU Linux on your workstation and try it* Use Linux on the Linux Login Cluster

* Different Linux distributions* Linux + DOS/Win can coexist happily on the same computer



Linux installation

Minimal Requirements:* x86 compatible computer (laptops !?)* 32 MB memory* 2 GB harddisk* Network connection

Recommended Requirements:* Pentium III 400 MHz* 128 MB memory* 10 GB harddisk



Overview of Linux services

* multi tasking* multi user* WEB server* ftp server* SMB server* mail sever

WEBwebserver

LTSLinux terminal server

CUPSprint server

INSTinstallation server

LLCLinux login cluster

NFSfile server

Linux Workstation NT Workstation

Install LinuxPrint

Try Linux

Run applicationson linux

Acces files



NFS File system

* network file system* access from everywhere* home directories* secure* client disk cache* individual access permissions to directories



Windows NT/2000 connectivity

* hoblink: Access Windows2000 terminal server from Linux

* ntmount: Transfer files from Linux to NT network drive

* smbmount: connect to and from MS 95, 98, ME, NT

* vmware: Emulate another PC under Linux (i.e. running Windows)



Standard Installation Software

StarOffice-5.2 Word processing/LaTeX2 Publishinglyx Typesetting

Netscape, Opera WebbrowserQuanta HTML Editor

Acrobat Reader PDF readerxpdf

gcc C compilergcs-g77 Fortran compiler



Standard Installation Software

Emacs enhanced text editorsXemacsNedit

Gimp paint program/image manipulationxv

ntmount NT domain directory connectionsmbmountHoblink Windows Terminal Server connectivity

dosemu execution of dos and MS Windows programswine . : :



Scientific (Math) Software

Maple Analytic MathMathematica Jacal

Matlab Numeric MathSimulinkOctaveScilab

: : :



Real time

XClient X

Server

LINUXkernel

Real timekernel

Computer (PC) Hardware

Aplications



Conclusion - MS Windows vs. GNU Linux

Windows runs Microsoft Office and lots of games is perceived to be easy to install and configure is notoriously unstable performs poorly crashes are frequent

Linux runs StarOffice and GNU programs scores of technical software and fewer games can be tricky to install and configure is rock solid performs impeccably crashes are extremely rare

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