Implementation issues using the SIMPLE learning environment

Abstract

Authoring any engineering learning environment can be a daunting task. Once the learning environment is created, there still remains a formidable task of delivering the material to the students. It is one thing to demonstrate a learning environment on a single computer and quite another to deliver it to 300 students using a computer laboratory. Here, the author describes the SIMPLE approach using database technology and networks which makes configuration management a problem that an instructor can handle without the need for a large amount of staff support.