Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aas...199.2322w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 199th AAS Meeting, #23.22; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.560
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The advent of the World Wide Web opens new opportunities for education; it also changes the environment within which we teach. As Marshall McLuhan said many years ago: "The medium is the message". What kind of medium is the Web, and how is it best harnessed for use in astronomy education? We are developing a sequence of one-credit web-based courses covering basic astronomical topics as a means of exploring what the web can and cannot do. Our first course, NorthStar, deals with coordinates, sky motions, and navigation by the stars. It has been through "beta testing" and is being offered as an experimental course for spring. Our second course, EveningStar, is under development. The course materials are open and may be used as a supplement to any course, or for independent study; the homework, discussion group, and other human-intervention features require a student to register for the course. We invite people to make use of our open materials and, in exchange, to provide us with feedback about how well it works. We acknowledge support for this project from NASA (NAG 58465) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University.
Bennett D. H.
Engelhaupt T.
Willson Lee Anne
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