Design and implementation of an educational rich internet web application capable of physics simulation within real-time collaborative interfaces

This paper attempts to explore the design needs and implementation needs for the creation of a rich internet application (RIA) designed to run inside a user's web browser that simulates simple physics concepts and allows for multiple users to collaborate with one another in real time. The purpose of using such application would be for use in an academic environment in order to allow for a novel way for teachers to interact with students in the teaching of physics. The open source software Eclipse together with the Flex Builder plug-in was used as an application programming interface in order to develop such application that would be designed to run with Adobe Flash Player. The application was designed to include user interactions that allows user to click and drag objects and watch the effects of inelastic collisions, acceleration and gravity, and frictional forces.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Thomas, Tasha M

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• David L. Brock.

• Mechanical Engineering.

Statement dc:rights

• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54488

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/54488