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The Classroom: Online

Sigurd L. Lillevik University of Portland

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The online classroom features a near-paperless environment built around a web site and presentation software. This evolving educational paradigm provides numerous opportunities that must consider all learning types (visual, auditory, kinesthetic). We begin with a discussion of web site design including organization, use of themes, Windows-to-Unix conversion, and access control. Next, we review many of the common tasks involved in creating and delivering effective electronic presentations such as the role of the laptop, figure downloads and scans, equations, and use of color and animation. A student survey was conducted to acquire data on the relative acceptance of a specific implementation. Results indicate that students liked the web because it was organized, easy to use, and helpful. Conversely, they were less positive about the presentation software and preferred transparencies, a white board, and paper handouts. The reasons are not obvious but perhaps it’s a resistance to change or a clash with their learning style.

Introduction

This paper addresses how the world-wide-web and use of presentation software supports an online, always available, classroom environment. We have only begun to understand the significance of the Internet as it applies to engineering education and many predict profound changes in how, when, where, and what we teach.

We assume that the reader is an Engineering Educator familiar with the use, or authoring of, web sites, email, file servers, and presentation software. In addition, we focus on the lecture-style teaching format, as it is the most common technique in practice today. Specifically, we do not discuss distance learning paradigms nor implementation specifics such as costs, ROI analysis, and integration with campus IT Services. Expectations for this paper include an understanding of the options available to support classroom web sites and suggestions for effective use of presentation applications.

The next section sets the context of the paper and discusses how the personal computer and Internet provide new educational opportunities. Following this, we look at the web services offered by commercial vendors and contrast it to the custom-designed web site. Next, we describe experiences

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Lillevik, S. (2002, June), The Classroom: Online Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10946