This book entitled Introduction to Computer-based Mechanics of Materials: Ansys Parametric Design Language discusses mainly about structural analysis of some fundamental structures: truss, beam, membrane, and shell structures. The discussion involves ANSYS-APDL scripting language, linear static analysis of a simply-supported truss, linear static analysis of a statically undetermined beam, linea…
Teaching Music through Composition offers a practical, fully multimedia curriculum designed to teach basic musical concepts through the creative process of music composition. Author and award-winning music educator Barbara Freedman presents classroom-tested ways of teaching composition with technology as a tool with which students can create, edit, save, and reproduce music. As Freedman demonst…
Teaching Lab Science Courses Online is a practical resource for educators developing and teaching fully online lab science courses. First, it provides guidance for using learning management systems and other web 2.0 technologies such as video presentations, discussion boards, Google apps, Skype, video/web conferencing, and social media networking. Moreover, it offers advice for giving students …