Issues Related to Designing an Online Class in George Mason University

Summary: Pending
This paper begins with introducing and comparing two kinds of webpage, interactive and non-interactive, which have been seen widely over the Internet. The paper shows how a webpage is related to an online calls through reviewing the nine attributes of an online class. The paper also examines the hardware and software technologies that support an online class wight a highlight on the technical components- online database, CGI program, HTML forms--that make an online class interactive. Later, the author analyzes the current technical conditions that GMU has for designing and operating online classes at the university level and finds that the university's service in this aspect is far behind of the need of the faculty. With all these technical and institutional factors in consideration, the author presents a design strategy of online class for each user from two levels: an individual faculty and a department/institute, with a detail option profile for the individual faculty and a brief comment on the university programs in GMU. The major finding of this study is that there exists a scalable, multiple-phases design strategy for developing an online class in GMU, ie from a simple one at the beginning to a complex one when the other hardware and software technologies as well as more funds become available. This design strategy is quite practical for any GMU faculty who wants to launch his online class immediately.

Additional Info

  • Description: Email
Read 103 times Last modified on Sunday, 07 May 2017 12:43
Published in Catalog
More in this category: « NSF Grantee Workshop on Design Theory and Methodology, Rensselaer Poly Univ., Troy, NY, June 3-5,1988. Academy Update, December 1996/January 1997 »

Leave a comment

Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.

back to top