WepSIM: An Online Interactive Educational Simulator Integrating Microdesign, Microprogramming, and Assembly Language Programming
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| Title: | WepSIM: An Online Interactive Educational Simulator Integrating Microdesign, Microprogramming, and Assembly Language Programming |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Garcia-Carballeira, Felix (ORCID |
| Source: | IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. Jan-Mar 2020 13(1):211-218. |
| Availability: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Tel: 732-981-0060; Web site: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4620076 |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Instructional Design, Computer Simulation, Technology Integration, Programming, Electronic Learning, Architecture, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Science Education, Handheld Devices, Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Course Evaluation, Grades (Scholastic), Student Improvement |
| Geographic Terms: | Spain (Madrid) |
| DOI: | 10.1109/TLT.2019.2903714 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1382 |
| Abstract: | Our educational project has three primary goals. First, we want to provide a robust vision of how hardware and software interplay, by integrating the design of an instruction set (through microprogramming) and using that instruction set for assembly programming. Second, we wish to offer a versatile and interactive tool where the previous integrated vision could be tested. The tool we have developed to achieve this is called WepSIM and it provides the view of an elemental processor together with a microprogrammed subset of the MIPS instruction set. In addition, WepSIM is flexible enough to be adapted to other instruction sets or hardware components (e.g., ARM or x86). Third, we want to extend the activities of our university courses, labs, and lectures (fixed hours in a fixed place), so that students may learn by using their mobile device at any location, and at any time during the day. This paper presents how WepSIM has improved the teaching of Computer Architecture courses by empowering students with a more dynamic and guided learning process. In this paper, we show the results obtained during the experience of using the simulator in the Computer Structure course of the Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1248037 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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