Abstract
This paper proposes a computer-supported collaborative learning environment to enhance knowledge creation, store and transfer in power system education. Recently power systems have become more complex than before. This situation has become more noticeable year by year, and there is a strong need to develop an educational system which is useful for novice engineers. A number of research on CAI (Computer-Assisted Instruction system) has been done to overcome the problem. A central concern of the research is to make computer more intelligent by applying Artificial Intelligence technology, such as knowledge representation, student modeling, etc. On the other hand our research focuses on collaboration of engineers as an important activity in learning process, and provides a collaborative learning environment to enhance knowledge creation, store and transfer in cooperation with other engineers. In terms of computer system the proposed system is a learning environment based on a personal visual simulator which has a function to support collaborative work with other engineers through computer network.
In this paper, first the significance of this research is made clear in comparison with research on CAI and CSCW (Computer-Supported Cooperative Work). Secondly, the features of the system, basic function, architecture of window sharing and data structures are explained in detail. Finally, the effectiveness of the system is discussed by using an example of power system, and results of simple evaluation are shown.
