Teaching with ENVI Yields Benefits In the Classroom and Beyond Professor Stuart Phinn of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, decided to start using ENVI software to teach advanced image processing two years ago. "We made the switch to ENVI because the teaching staff had become increasingly frustrated with the direction the packaged programs were headed. The program we had been using had become too automated and push button," said Phinn. While ENVI also provides automated tools, the program allows for students to also access input variables and algorithms that enable them to better understand the theory behind the programming. The problem Phinn observed was that his students were becoming proficient at using the software, but weren't actually learning the course material.

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