OBJECTIVES

1. Develop holistic web-based modules for numerical methods that

• Provide a contextual background for the pre-requisite material

• Motivate students to learn fundamentals and related topics

• Allow self-assessment at every step of the learning process.

2.  Maximize student interest and learning by

• Ensuring quality and impact of content of the project through variety of assessment instruments;

• Providing customization of content based on engineering major and mathematical package;

• Offering convenience through anytime-anywhere web access during one's degree program;

• Presenting selection among wide variety of numerical techniques; and

• Impacting broadly by reaching students and faculty of a Numerical Methods course as well as of engineering courses where numerical methods and mathematical packages are used.

3.    Provide dissemination of the prototype 

• so that others can use and test it, through avenues such as e-learning hubs of major course management providers such as WebCT and Blackboard, and mathematical package companies; advertisements, presentations and publications.