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Computer-based Education Online The Deringer Group is skilled at presenting complex material online in a simple and graphic-intensive way, and in using a high degree of user-interaction to increase interest, learning, and retention. A main focus of TDG’s software strategy is to develop online multimedia products rather than standalone software products on disk or CD. We have developed substantial in-house capability for producing online multimedia products and collaborate routinely with skilled specialists in programming, digital graphic design, image generation, and various subject content areas. For a complete list of our distance education activities, see our History in Online Learning.
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EcoAdvisor: TDG's Educational Tool Our www.EcoAdvisor.com site has over eight hours of highly interactive on-line training and guidance for producing sustainable commercial buildings, with an emphasis on energy efficiency. This site contains a successful computer-based education (CBE) problem-based exercise plus over 500 MB of graphics, images, and content. Product Background
In collaboration with
Laney College instructors, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and software
programmers, The Deringer Group created a highly graphical CBE
software tool to support the
development of an advanced curriculum for air-conditioning
technicians at the collegiate level. This tool
uses state-of-the-art Problem-Based
Case Study approaches which supports the refinement of the Laney curriculum
for its environmental control technology program. This 3-year
development effort is funded by the
National
Science Foundation
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Use of Energy and
Economic Simulation Tools TDG have developed techniques for using both simplified and detailed analysis software (e.g., DOE-2 and EnergyPlus) to present the impact of user choices and decisions. Our techniques allow these results to be calculated in a completely transparent way to the user. In other words, the user does not need to know how the software works. It is a background resource. For more about our process of developing educational software, see Computer-based Education Software Development Process. |
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