Software-reconfigurable e-learning platform for power electronics courses

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2416-2424

  Wang, Shun Chung ^a   Liu, Yi Hwa ^b  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distance measurement; E learning; Power electronics; Software reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT TOPOLOGIES; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DISTANCE LABORATORIES; E-LEARNING PLATFORMS; EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIAS; POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS COURSE; SOFTWARE RECONFIGURABLE; TIME AND SPACES; WAVEFORM MEASUREMENTS; WEB-BASED INTERFACES;

COMPUTER HARDWARE; CURRICULA; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; E-LEARNING; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TEST FACILITIES; TESTBEDS; USER INTERFACES;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 65449136390     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2008.922592     Document Type: Article

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