The CDX Automotive Series uses popular entertainment visualization techniques. These animations provide exceptional clarity of explanation, allowing students to see inside the components and watch the theory and principles in action in ways that are impossible in the real world. CDX was built using Silicon Graphics workstations and Alias and Lightwave software, the same types of computer systems and 3D animation programs that create blockbuster movie special effects. These advanced tools allow students to experience events like the internal combustion cycle and see them occurring as if they were inside the vehicle engine cylinder itself. Very interactive with hundreds of carefully designed activities encourage active learning.
Students enjoy the activities and receive frequent and immediate feedback.
This encourages them to proceed or to review the section and reinforcing their learning. Students are actively involved in the learning process, confirming their understanding by applying what they have just learned to solve problems in an interactive environment. CDX has several levels of reinforcement built in to ensure that knowledge is not only understood, but that it is remembered. Students and teachers can easily find their way around the series and facilitates both personal tailoring of study plans and quick revision. The clear and uncomplicated menu structure allows immediate access to any section of the course.