Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Abstract

OPNET (Optimized Network Engineering Tool) tool introduces the innovative techniques for teaching and learning computer networking and hardware. This tool helps teachers to succeed in dealing with the cost complication and space restriction, in teaching networking and hardware ideas and increase student's participation in flexible learning activities. It helps to starts in with a good comprehension of computer networking and hardware forming necessary basic concepts which are essential. There after it provides lab activities designed to enhance teaching and learning various aspects of computer networking. It is known fact that in computer education, understanding of computer communication networking and hardware concepts are very important topics, but many students appear to think the subject rather technical and too long. Thus, it is necessary to improve learning environment and guide students in exactly motivated with susceptibility for forming a essential core for the concepts. The objective of using OpNet to having existed a bridge between theory and practice in computer networking and hardware field by adopting various approaches, it also cover a broad range of learning about wired and cellular networking, hardware, and custom, but it give special importance to interactive simulative activities in order to motivate students to learning real-world examples. The lab experiments help to enhance knowledge and student's practical skills.