Designing Effective Web Based Learning Environments Using The Keller Plan And Media Friendly Tools

This paper summarizes the authors’ efforts to create effective learning environments suitable for the new millennium. The University of Missouri Rolla (UMR) Engineering Management Department is currently responding to the challenge to deliver a Masters of Engineering Management degree program statewide. To facilitate this, a virtual campus must be created for students that may be place-bound at essentially any location in Missouri. In addition, recent contracts with The Boeing Company require the delivery of a new degree in Systems Engineering to Boeing sites worldwide and noncredit courses in Saudi Arabia. This paper discusses the authors’ thinking on and latest efforts to create effective learning environments using modern technology.