Structure for a description of COLOS applications

1. Global description

• What is the general appearance of the application, its intention and the subject involved?
  

2. Scientific content - Important Features

• What are the important features of the selected topic in relation to its scientific content?
  
• For what course or curriculum is the topic important (or should become important) and for what reason?
  

3. Didactical approach

• What is the standard approach to introduce this topic (books, experiment laboratory work, etc.) and what short-comings can be stated?
  
• What is the new didactical approach and its added value?
  

4. Implementation

• What are the specific topics to be covered by the application?
  
• What model/numerical approach has been used?
  
• Why is a high-level workstation needed?
  
• What kind of additional help, besides a \xe3 self-explanatory" user interface design has been implemented?
  

5. Target group

• For what learning/teaching situation is the application intended to be useful?
  
• What are the intended activities to be carried out by the user?
  

6. Evaluation

• What kind of evaluation studies have been carried out or will be carried out?
  
• What kind of results have been found or will be expected?