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Session 1339

Integration of the Web into an Engineering Economy Course William N. Smyer Mississippi State University

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This paper presents a summary of a project to integrate the World Wide Web into an undergraduate engineering economy course. The thrust of the paper is a discussion of the experiences gained by the students and a faculty member who is a web-authoring novice.

Perhaps the most significant web additions are a set of lecture outlines and a set of interactive tutorials. The lecture outlines are approximately 80% complete notes. Thus the student note- taking burden is significantly reduced compared to not having the lecture outlines. Providing incomplete notes creates an incentive for students to attend class to complete their notes.

The interactive tutorials consist of topic discussions followed by multiple-choice questions. An incorrect response leads to a page that gives a brief comment about why the response may be incorrect, thus providing an additional learning experience.

Case studies, answers to selected text questions, and other items are also web-based.

Sample web pages are displayed. Student evaluations of the course before and after web integration are presented, and areas for further improvement are explored.

I. Introduction

This paper presents an overview of a project to integrate the use of the World Wide Web into an undergraduate engineering economy course. A continuous improvement approach is taken, with changes implemented based on student feedback each semester.

II. The Fall 1998 Course

At Mississippi State, the three-hour undergraduate course in engineering economy is conducted during the academic year by delivering a 50-minute lecture two days per week with an average enrollment of 180 in the fall and 120 in the spring, plus several 50-minute laboratory/recitation sections one day per week with an average enrollment of 30 students per section. Each student enrolls in the single, large lecture section plus one of the laboratory sections, the latter conducted by graduate assistants. The laboratory sessions consist of homework submission, quizzes, working example problems and answering student questions.

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Smyer, W. N. (2000, June), Integration Of The Web Into An Engineering Economy Course Paper presented at 2000 Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. 10.18260/1-2--8484