OCI-Statics First Visit Information

Welcome to the Basic Engineering Department's experiment in Statics Online. Several pedagogical components make up the model for Statics Online. They are listed below. This is a "work in progress" and not all of the components are currently implemented on the website.

Concept Maps - material overview with forward links
Conceptual Minilectures - sequence of short audio/graphics lectures with backlinks
Conceptual Self-Tests - True/False and Multiple Choice questions to test understanding
Interactive Example Problems - simulations for classroom demostration and discovery learning
Online Homework Problems/Quizzes - randomized, automatic grading, submission, instant feedback
Electronic Bulletin Board - instructor/students asynchronous communications on homework problems
Exam Material - problems and solutions made available to instructors

Statics Online is not designed to replace the instructor or the textbook. Instead, it is intended to supplement the classroom lecture and textbook, while at the same time opening up new possibilities for the instructor and the students in the classroom.

We hope you will find this site useful and will visit it often.

David B. Oglesby, Professor
Basic Engineering Department
University of Missouri - Rolla
E-mail: doglesby@umr.edu

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This Document is maintained by doglesby@umr.edu
Last Modified: Thursday, 21-Aug-2003 09:30:58 CDT
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