Development of a WWW Site for Introduction to Air .pptVIP

INTRODUCTION OF PROJECTS TO IMPROVE INTREACTION IN AN ONLINE DISPERSION AND RISK MODELING COURSE/aprg/courses/dm/emiss-first.html By: Ashok Kumar, Gopi Manne, and Somik Ghose Department of Civil Engineering University of Toledo Toledo, OH 43606 Challenge To teach the ever CHANGING and GROWING information in the Dispersion and Risk Modeling (3 credit-hour) course. To offer a successful online course while offsetting the disadvantage of the students not being physically present in the classroom. Developing the material on the course website so as to remove the necessity of a textbook. Solution Creation of a WWW course site Use of WebCT Supplement to Class Room LECTURES Introducing weekly projects to be done on an individual basis Links to other Internet sites Use of spreadsheets, JAVA applets and software Development of Web Site Design Determine students’ needs Establish course objectives Flexibility to incorporate changes based on student feedback Development Create content outline Review existing material Organize and develop content Evaluation Review the material developed Feedback from students Number of hits per month Revision Revise the material developed Maintenance - Ensure proper functionality of all components of the Website Instructional Development Process Contents of Web Site Syllabus Summary of classroom lectures Classroom slide presentations Assignments Weekly projects Sample test questions Links to other sites Software and spreadsheets for use Mechanism for Feedback from students Software used by the students SCREEN ERATE AERMOD (Educational version) ERC MOBILE5a Risk spreadsheet Aerosol deposition JAVA applet Note: Except for SCREEN all the other above listed software were developed by the Air Pollution Research Group (APRG), University of Toledo SCREEN Screening tool for air quality studies Developed by the USEPA Used by the students to solve Air Quality Assessment problems Available for download at the USEPA’s Web si