DYNAMIX: an Operating System Teaching Assistant

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Title	DYNAMIX: an Operating System Teaching Assistant
Contributors	E Grabczewski (Birkbeck College, University of London), X Liu (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Abstract	Our experience shows that students have difficulty understanding how operating systems work. A theoretical study of the main functions of an operating system does not give students a feel for how these functional components interact to provide a service to the user. Some way is needed to help teach the theoretical material more effectively. We have chosen a simple graphical technique to develop DYNAMIX, a tool that displays the internals of a popular operating system and demonstrates the interaction among its functional components. In this paper we describe the development of DYNAMIX and show how it can be used in the classroom.
Organisation	BITD , DRAL
Keywords	Educational Tools , Classroom Experiences , Learning and Cognition , Engineering
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Language	English (EN)

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Paper In Conference Proceedings	In Seventh International PEG Conference (PEG93), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2-4 Jul 1993, (1993).		DYNAMIX93.pdf	1993