Multimedia environment support by WWW in a computer assisted learning system

The innovative exploitation of information technologies and communication promises to improve the quality, flexibility and effectiveness of engineering education. The present application, SEACom, is a bilingual system which is divided into two main versions; one Portuguese and the other in English, called TeSa-Teaching System Architecture for the production of printed circuit boards (PCB). The aim is the integration of new technology based media with existing teaching methods and the impact this will have on student learning. The most important phases in the project and manufacturing of electronic components-PCBs-are presented to the student and this has nine stages of production and three levels of interface; basic, intermediate and advanced that represent an ergonomic interface. Meanwhile, you can navigate among this levels and stages in a friendly way via a tele-learning scenario. Several evaluation questionnaires are suggested and one intelligent agent help option is available, in which there is detailed information about a real CIM production line for PCBs with animated images. All of this is developed in a multimedia environment, supported by the World Wide Web (WWW).