| Abstract |
When students at Chalmers University of Technology learn the basics of electrical machines and power electronics they generally succeed quite well in written exams. Still, there is often a lack of genuine understanding. To improve understanding and make the teaching/learning process more interactive, a learning tool, utilizing the modern computer's possibility to visualize and animate dynamic processes, was developed. The concepts of induced voltage and forces on a current conducting winding in a magnetic field were presented in an interactive application, which was meant to support the students' understanding of how the travelling flux and the torque are created in an electrical machine. The evaluation among students and teachers emphasizes improved learning and more variation of teaching. The work with the development of thye learning tool furthermore created a good cooperation between the teachers. |
