A WWW-based Course Structure for Teaching a Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Course

Abstract

This paper sets out to present a comprehensive and integrated approach to teaching a Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer course using the World Wide Web. Existing WWW-based teaching structures and their shortcomings are first discussed. Then the concept and contents of a course portal following the comprehensive and integrated approach are presented. Different aspects of the portal, namely, the Main Page, the Multimedia Page, the Courseware Page, the Contact Page and the Search Page, are described. Future directions to improve the portal are discussed.