Conference Session

Innovative Mechanics Education Programs and Projects

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Morgan, Texas A&M University; Luciana Barroso, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

16 29 22 13 Report Requirements 1 13 21 41 29 5 Page 12.541.8Mid-term and final course evaluations for this class reflect that, though students find the coursechallenging, they indicate that these are courses where they see how the material relates to thepractice of civil engineering, and that these connections enhance their learning of the material.Table 3 shows the student’s responses to questions regarding course overall. Table 3: Results from Final Course Evaluation in Fall 2006

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Chuck Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Debbie O'Hare, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida

acquired also include books based on student interests.Reading and Engineering IntegrationIn addition, teachers at Jamerson use grade level literature that reflects science and mathconcepts. Through teacher read aloud, small guided group reading instruction and independentreading, students are building their scientific and engineering background knowledge andbecoming better readers. In the Natural Resources unit, the fourth grade students read TheCalusas, a fourth grade Florida social studies supplemental non fiction reading resource. TheCalusas were an early Floridian tribe. In reading, the students use this text to deepen theirunderstanding of the early Calusa life using the non fiction text elements, drawing conclusionsand writing a summary of

Conference Session

Learning Needs and Educational Success

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheree Watson, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

studentreflection in regard to themselves, group members, and their work. Students kepta journal, and writing assignments were given throughout the seminar course.Students were initially asked to reflect on their personal style with regard to futurework within their group. Throughout the development of activities, students keptnotes on brainstorming and draft activities. Midway through the projects,students reflected on what attracted them to engineering as well as anyone thatwas influential in their math and science courses. Students incorporated thisinformation into their activity as a way to introduce and tie their activity toengineering. As students presented their activities, they evaluated each otherusing a rubric that scored each activity based on

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Karen Elmore, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

operations, including design, production and manufacturing, logistics, sales, andservices, at global locations and companies. The education of future engineers has to reflect thischanging trend and demand. Systems Engineering (SE) discipline provides this critical need ofeducation to handle the increasing demands for systems efficiency, effectiveness, and integrationin engineering and business operations. This paper intends to discuss the process in the design ofa Bachelor of Science in SE curriculum. The design is based on an analysis of skill requirementsin industry under the current global market environment and global supply chain operations.This paper discusses industry needs in skills and demonstrates the match of skills to various SEcourses

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Verstraete, University of Akron

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

metric, or metrics, in mind for measuring the level of success orfailure, such as examination or homework questions, or project requirements. Course Objectivesand Outcomes should then be included in the course syllabus distributed to each student on thefirst day of class (Figure 1).At the completion of the course, each instructor completes an assessment report for each BMEcourse they taught. The report includes the following sections; Heading, Catalog Description,Grade Distribution, Modifications Made to Course, Course Outcomes Assessment, StudentFeedback, Reflection, Proposed Actions for Course Improvement. Other sections may beincluded as each instructor or the Department wishes. These extra sections may be used toassess the “soft” skills

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Part 1

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

curricula. Third, it serves as a starting point for the development of a technical andtinkering self-efficacy instrument that will reflect both the perceptions of the engineeringcommunity as well as the ABET learning outcomes.Tinkering and technical characteristics of engineers were chosen for study because there is a richliterature that indicates that a person’s perception of their efficacy in these areas has an influenceon their persistence and their success in engineering education. This is especially true forwomen. Thus, it is important to know what engineers in business, industry and academia, as wellas engineering students, deem important and value. That is because it is likely that thesecharacteristics will be emphasized in the preparation

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

metacognitive skills by students who engage in anopen-ended team-based design project.This study explores how a group of engineering students exercised their self-management ofcognition, through the way these students planned, evaluated, and regulated their cognitiveactivities, during the design process to build an engineering artifact. Using Paris and Winograd’slens of self-management of cognition, two research questions were constructed to guide thisinstrumental case study. They were: 1. How did individual members of the team execute their meta-cognitive ability as reflected in the way they plan, regulate, and evaluate any task they encounter throughout the project time? 2. How did the way they plan, regulate

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Feldhaus, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Kenneth Reid; Pete Hylton; Marguerite Hart, Washington Township Schools; Kathy Rieke, Washington Township Schools; Douglas Gorham, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

from 20.7% to 34%. Schoolenrollment figures reveal that the minority (non-white) enrollment now exceeds the oncemajority (Caucasian) population. This demographic characteristic has tremendous meaning to thedistrict’s efforts to meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) expectations.In addition to the growing Hispanic population, the district is experiencing significant changes insocio-economic status as reflected by the free/reduced lunch statistics. In 2003, four of the eightelementary schools had a free/reduced lunch rate of between 50% and 58%. In 2006 the rateincreased for all four schools to over 60% and continues to rise. It should also be noted that 85%of those receiving lunch assistance are minority students. In 2003, 54% of the third

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Giannelli, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

of a community and is coordinatedwith an institution of higher learning and with the community; helps foster civic responsibility; isintegrated into and embraces the academic curriculum of the students enrolled; and includesstructured time for the students to reflect on the service experience.”2According to studies done at the Higher Education Research Institute of the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles3, certain things must be done to ensure that a service-learningexperience is effective. The first is that students must receive sufficient training through coursematerial before engaging in the service. The second is that instructors must engage students inconversation about their service. The last is that students must reflect on their

Conference Session

Sustainability & Environmental Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Hadgraft, The University of Melbourne; Jenni Goricanec, RMIT University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

for the semester. This was documented in a learning contract (by week 3). Moststudents wanted to learn AutoCAD skills. Their projects included a 3D model of a guitar, aformula 1 racing car, a bicycle, various buildings and the Humber Bridge (suspension bridge,UK).The learning process included introductory lectures, online tutorials (from UNSW 17), studentseminars to teach the class and recommend learning resources, a final seminar to demonstratewhat was achieved, a final report, learning journal and reflections on the process.As students got started on their projects, they quickly exceeded their limited knowledge base,so they switched from using their technical skills back into learning mode. Their learningresources included the whole range

Conference Session

Collaboration Provides the Best Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Cates, University of Cincinnati; Anita Todd, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

programs have historically collectedemployer and student performance evaluation data each term. These evaluationshave been used to reflect on and improve student or employer performance,however, the data has not been used in a formal way to provide feedback toengineering departments relative to academic educational goals, nor were theassessment tools designed to do so. 2Cooperative education evaluation data has become increasingly important toengineering department administration as part of the overall measurement of thedepartmental education quality. This primarily stems from the fact that co-opprograms work very closely with engineering employers soliciting their feedbackon a term by term basis throughout the co-op process. Immediate feedback

Conference Session

Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pilar Pazos, Northwestern University; Robert Linsenmeier, Biomedical Engineering Department and Department of Neurobiology and; Suzanne Olds, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

questions were typically conceptually-based and required some reflection on thematerial presented before. Students read the question and then individually responded to it. Afterresponses were collected the instructor presented the histogram of responses and followed withsome discussion, often getting students to explain their rationale for particular answers. In arelatively small number of cases, students answered individually, then engaged in peerdiscussion, and then answered again before there was any general discussion. In almost allcases, this led to a higher percentage of correct answers. Whatever discussion format was used,the instructor summarized what was right and wrong with each answer in an attempt to leave thecorrect message with the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Freewritingtechnique, students were instructed to write continuously for five to ten minutes and at the end ofthe allotted time, they were instructed to summarize what they had written so far. McGourty etal.12 point out that at present the outstanding issue is to develop rubrics and other assessmentmeasures that will allow cross-institutional evaluation of reflective portfolios and mention thatinvestigation of approaches to better score the concept maps and improve the understanding ofhow they should be used for outcome assessment is still ongoing.One other method used to measure design knowledge is the video recording of design teams,analyzing the activities performed by the students within the design teams and accordinglyevaluating them based on a

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Lynette Osborne, National Academy of Engineering; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

allows for small group spaces to meet in ad hoc pairs or small groups for exercise and reflection (hotel next to a stream further discussion and bike/walking path) • time scheduled in the middle of the day for assimilation/reflection and unstructured discussion • reception to kick off the event on first evening • daily common meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Large Seagrave, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Houston’s Mechanical Engineering department, include a partnership withthe university’s Writing Center in which consultants teach workshops and hold consultationswith teams and individual students in conjunction with specific undergraduate courses.6 Thisprogram reflects the partnership that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began in1996 between its Aerospace Engineering faculty and communication instructors who taughtcommunication practicum in conjunction with specific courses.7 More recently, the partnershipsbegun in MIT’s ME department in 19908 and in Mississippi State University’s ECE departmentin 20049 have resulted in “multidimensional scoring rubrics” designed to provide comprehensivefeedback and help TA’s grade student lab

Conference Session

Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Pilot 3 Sensing connection, Expects confrontation, characterThe stories are organized to reflect the perspective that the author takes toward the problem ofdefining entrepreneurial leadership. Story one, defines the term with an extensive illustration ofthe Film Maker’s vision and approach, outlining the emerging attributes through 5 assertions andsets the stage for the remaining stories. The four remaining story results, presented as mini-composites are utilized for building next research agenda steps.Story two makes the case for the life cycle and career path challenges of the female leader as asenior level administrator in engineering education with a focus on sensing connection andexpecting confrontation, referred to as ‘dean’ for

Conference Session

Gender and Accessibility Issues in K-12 Engineering Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University; Judy Sutor, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University. In addition to technical research interest in applied surface chemistry, her engineering education research interests include the learning of engineering modeling, the impact of reflective practice in learning engineering, authentic assessment methods, and "girl-friendly" education.Judy Sutor, Arizona State University Judy Sutor is a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Arizona State University. She earned her BSEE degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, then spent 22 years working in Research and New Product Development in the Semiconductor industry. Her principle research area is in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and

Conference Session

Project and Model-Based Mathematics

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

mathematical text6 that expand upon rotations, reflections, andtranslations. In addition, the course begins with mathematical formulas that speak to this issue ofgeometric shapes, followed by an intense development of the Fibonacci sequence and several ofits properties illustrating the utility of the sequence in the “real world.” In this study, studentswere shown some past student projects submitted as partial fulfillment in the previous MATH131 courses to introduce each new topic visually and were required to complete a much morecomprehensive project component (hence the term Project-Directed Mathematics). The studentswere very much impressed by the past projects and wanted to compete with each other to findnew projects that illustrate mathematical

Conference Session

Service Learning Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cher Cornett, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, and provide the professional community with an awareness ofcurriculum and an opportunity to participate in the development of that curriculum. Students areable to practice professional skills in a real-world situation before they enter the work force, gainconfidence through experience, and receive relevant and practical evaluation and an opportunityto reflect on their performance.When developing a service-learning project, a good model for best practices can be found in“The Maryland Best Practices: An Implementation Guide for School-Based Service-Learning.” 2Though this was developed for a K-12 curriculum, these guidelines seem to work equally wellfor a college-level curriculum. In this guide, 7 best practices for school-based service

Conference Session

Teaching Design in Manufacturing Curriculum II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. The cost for each function will be loaded onthe system.c) CPM stage: In the CPM stage, the user constructs an assembly line network. A matrixrepresents the possible network columns and rows that describe the relationships amongassembly functions. The user makes decisions to establish relationships for better assignment ofwork content to workstations for completing the assembly line design.d) Parts Feeder stage: In this stage, the user views a precedence diagram reflecting his/herselections. The user also selects parts feeders for appropriate assembly functions.e) Layout and Simulation stage: The user can choose one of two layouts: in-line or u-shaped.The simulation shows analyses of the design performance to allow evaluation of the properties

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

will have itsown regulations related to solid and hazardous wastes that may vary significantly (or in somecases, almost no regulations), devoting class time to this topic in the UNESCO setting seemedless beneficial to students. Page 12.1288.4As shown in Table 3, the topics that received the most emphasis in the UNESCO course werebiotreatment and landfills. This reflects the technologies that are most sustainable given thehighly organic nature of the wastes in many developing countries, and the technologies that areappropriate and most widely used.Table 3. Approximate number of contact hours spent on Topics Covered in the various CoursesTopic

Conference Session

How to Effectively Teach Using Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hanus, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeffrey Russell

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

agree.” Page 12.929.5 “I believe that the most important advice that can be passed on, in not only becoming a successful in this class but just in general, is to become completely integrated with your team. Get to know one another on a personal level so that people are not afraid to step up and let each other know how you as well as others can contribute to the team.” “Get to know your team members and what they already know. Use this knowledge and learn from your team members. Establish a good communication base early. ”These results caused the course instructors to really step-back and reflect upon a better approachto the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Quweider, University of Texas-Brownsville; Juan Iglesias, University of Texas-Brownsville; Amajd Zaim, University of Texas-Brownsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 12.573.72.1. Bit Maps and ImagesBit images and maps are at the heart of any game as they are used to display the environment,terrains, character, weapons, and special effects. To display images at different places in thebuffer, OpenGL provides operations for reading, copying and drawing pixels. These commandsuse the following functions respectively: glReadPixels() - reads a region of the frame buffer intooff-screen (processor) memory; glCopyPixels()- copies a region of the frame buffer into anotherpart of the frame buffer; glDrawPixels()- draws a given pixmap into the frame buffer.In the process of transferring and copying pixels OpenGL provides the capability to magnify,reduce, or flip (reflect) an image. The function glPixelZoom

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Lifelong learning.The basic premise is that an individual learner must actively "build" knowledge and skills 3. Weknow that technology changes with time and an engineer must be motivated to continue to learnand stay current with technology. Constructivism is a method of teaching and learning based onthe principle that cognition (learning) is the result of mental construction, and this construction inquite individual. Knowledge is formed by reflecting on our experiences, by putting informationtogether with what we already thereby we construct knowledge in our head. Thus, we create ourown understanding of the world we live in. Learning is the process of adjusting our mentalmodels to fit with new experiences. Constructivist theorists maintain that

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Muci-Küchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Daniel Dolan, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

be done and uses one or more examples taken from different projects to illustrate how theymust be performed. He/she provides extensive feedback based on the work that the students dobut avoids making design decisions for them. The instructor gives suggestions, questions theresults of each task, encourages students to reflect on the process that they followed and ways toimprove it, etc. Most undergraduate students typically feel uncomfortable with this approach,especially during the early stages of the project, because they would prefer to have the instructoras the team leader rather than as an external consultant. However, they appreciate the benefits ofthis approach once they start working in industry and realize how well the experience

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Bentow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Richard Blais, Project Lead the Way; Laura Bottomley, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Christina Vogt, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

project management knowledge into a comprehensive suite of professionaldevelopment tools.Research on teacher learning suggests that online professional development for teachers should focus onexaminations of practice, promote reflection, and be coupled with classroom teaching. What remainsunknown is how to create an online education system that is also simultaneously applicable to hundredsof pre-engineering and engineering teachers nationwide from K-12 to higher education.The Need for High Quality Professional DevelopmentA potentially large part of the EEES challenge requires that teaching NOT be viewed as a set of quicktricks and simple fixes. It must embody a comprehensive set of modules that synthesize what one knowsabout course content with

Conference Session

Curriculum Implementation of Materials Advances

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Page 12.1037.6It is an intensive and challenging program. Two students (out of 25 Microelectronic Engineeringstudents) enrolled in this program in it debut. Texas Instruments supported the first student topursue research on aluminum alloy films for micro mirror applications. The student investigatedoptical visible reflection coefficient of aluminum films alloyed with chromium, copper andtitanium, and developed universal dielectric function model4. He was subsequently hired byTexas Instruments on graduation. The second student investigated and developed nickelmonosilicide process at RIT and joined IBM on graduation. Success of these students promptedinterest and enrollment doubled in 2005. The assessment of the program is carried out through

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation in Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

poor high school preparation andrecognized and articulated a need for better preparation for the rigors of college in general andengineering specifically as factors in their decisions to leave engineering. Example responsesincluded: I think that it [high school] did not teach me in the reality of college and the difficulties accompanied by it. –Latina Did not reflect the type of work or the amount of work that one encounters in their first year of engineering.—Caucasian MaleAlthough these students do not reflect the majority of respondents, it is important for researchersand practitioners alike to give credence to such comments in order to understand the entire set offactors that may be impacting engineering

Conference Session

FPD8 -- Introductory Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

problem solving process. For every assignment, the student is asked to self-assesswhether they have demonstrated the competencies associated with the assignment and to describethe evidence that supports their assessment. Every assignment also requires a short reflective state-ment, which includes what was learned and what was still unclear. Most of the assignments requirestudents to create a MATLAB solution (often MATLAB script files) from scratch-no sample or par-tially completed solutions are given as part of the assignments.Each assignment is based on a more-or-less real-world problem that is appropriate for the analyticalskills of freshman-level students. The MATLAB skills addressed in the assignments and associatedproblems used in the Fall

Conference Session

IE Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophia Scott, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

. The purpose of this paper isto reflect on the increase of blended learning course formats and provide evidence of studentsatisfaction and cost savings using a quality assessment model. While the research on blendedlearning is just beginning, colleges and universities are seeing the pedagogical advantages. It ishoped that this paper will get a dialog started. The blended classroom: Is it the best of bothworlds?Theoretical BackgroundWhat is blended learning?The traditional face-to-face classroom is still the norm in most universities. With the availabilityof Web-based technologies, numerous classes also include a Website where students have access