Faculty & staff

Ph.D., Technology & Science Education, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1998.

• Interactive Learning Environments
• e-Learning
• Using Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) in Education
• R & D of Embedded Microcontroller Systems
• Evaluating the effectiveness of teaching students, from Elementary and Junior schools, Science and Technology Literacy, using Lego-Logo and RCX Environments.
• Developing computerized learning packages in the following subjects:
  • Design and Analysis of Electric Circuits (for Junior and High schools)
  • Computer Structure and Assembly Language
  • Robotics (including Machine Vision)
  • Principals of Robotics and Machine Vision via the Internet
• Developing, Imparting and Evaluating Modular Instructional Units (MIU) in advanced technological subjects for High schools. The following MIU were developed:
  • Fundamentals of Computer Vision
  • Computerized Process Control
  • Computer Simulation in Electricity and Electronics
  • Velocity and Angular Control of DC Motor
  • Interactive Visualization of Space Movement with Instructional Robot

Honorable mention award in the Eight Annual Computers in Physics Educational Software Contest, for the program DC Circuits, 1997, USA

1. M. Ronen, M. Eliahu, 2000, Simulation - A bridge between theory and reality: the case of electric circuits, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 16 , 14-26
   
   
2. M. Ronen, M. Eliahu, 1999, Simulation as a home learning environment - students' views, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 15 , 258-268
   
   
3. Ronen, M., Eliahu, M. 1997. "Addressing student's common difficulties in basic electricity by qualitative simulation-based activities." Journal of Physics Education, Vol. 32, No. 6: 392-399
   
   
4. Ronen, M., Eliahu, M. 1995. "Teaching and learning basic electronics with a professional circuit analyzer program." European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 20, No. 4: 487-498
   
   
5. Eliahu, M., Ronen, M. 1995. "A spreadsheet macro as a teaching and learning aid for solving electrical networks." Int. Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, Vol. 32: 133-140

1. DC Circuits- Physics Academic Software, American Institute of physics
2. Hashmalon- Holon Academic Institute of Technology
3. Circuitando(Italian)
4. EasyCPU- Holon Academic Institute of Technology
5. Computerized Plant - Holon Academic Institute of Technology
6. Virtual Robotics - Holon Academic Institute of Technology