Luc Adolphe
Year:
1993
Bibliographic info:
Building Simulation, Australia, 1993, p. 47-53

The "CALIN" project (Computer Aided Learning Integration System) aims at the development of a hybrid computer aided learning (CAL) integrated system for Engineering Education applied to Energy conscious design of buildings. Different learning strategies relying on the cooperation of different, established computer science techniques have been developed simultaneously. These techniques are ranging from algorithmic simulation, to knowledge bases in an expert system shell, graphical components in a CAD program, hypermedia to present technical information and graphical user interface (GUI). These cooperative techniques are necessary to match the complex problem solving context of building design and to encode real?life building design situations into tools to improve the skills of students or young designers. A prototype of this CAL program is available on UNIX workstations (Sun SPARC Stations) , and can be easily ported to other computer platforms This project represents the first building?related CAL integrated system to be developed and tested in the United States and in France.