The Role of Interactivity in Control Learning

The scenario for control education is changing and we must adapt to the new situation. Information technology opens a whole new world of real opportunities. Computers show a great potential to enhance student achievement, but only if they are used appropriately as part of a coherent education approach. Computers do not change in the way books or labs doÐthey allow us to go deeper and faster. This paper presents the personal experience of the authors in the use of interactive tools in order to make students more active and involved in their own control engineering learning process. Some examples, with different degrees of complexity, have been selected in order to show how we can use the control visualization concept in a new family of interactive tools for control education.

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