The Web as a Delivery Medium to Enhance Instruction

Abstract Educational Web design has been evolving since its inception. During its early stages, educators needed only basic knowledge of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) to develop Web sites. As experience with Web sites grew, educators went further and added graphics and animation to their sites. Such a focus on tools gave rise to the concept of ‘cool’ sites. As the evolution of Web design advances, we now need to find ways to make educational sites more effective, rather than just cool. To be effective, educators need to go beyond cool and apply a process that would allow them to integrate various components of the Web into their Web‐based instruction. This article addresses this need by first describing an existing online course and then by explaining the design process which made the site an effective learning and teaching tool.