Using the Web in your courses: the how-to's and the why's

Abstract

This paper gives an introduction to the topic of controls education on the Web. The material is partly tutorial enabling readers to step in at their current levels and move forward in their Web usage. For those readers who have not yet made use of the Web in their courses, it will demonstrate models of Web sites for consideration to suggest what can be done, and offer introductory steps for implementation. Experienced Web users and developers may use some of the more sophisticated models, identify what it means to manage a course with a Web site, improve their own design, and hear some tips on the hurdles to avoid. A discussion of Web usage for controls courses is given as well. In the end, it is hoped that every reader will find information to move them a step forward from whatever their current level.