Integration Of The Web Into An Engineering Economy Course

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 notetaking 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.