Internet Ready Instruction Modules In Engineering Education

The primary objective of Internet-Ready Instruction Modules (IRIMs) is to utilize the global accessib ility of the Internet to aid and enhance traditional classroom instruction. R ecent advances in Internet technology offer a myriad of possibilities for IRIMs. In this paper, we outline how IRIMs can be used to promote multidisciplinary learning, to illustrate difficult concepts through audio-visual aids, for the development of virtual/real experiments that can be conducted via the Internet and to integrate faculty research into undergraduate/graduate education.