| Title: | Interactive Web-Based Applications Using Active X Controls and Scripting |
| Meeting: | 116th AAPT National Meeting: New Orleans, LA |
| Location: | N/A |
| Date: | Thursday, January 8 |
| Time: | 9:30 a.m. |
| Author: |
N. Sanjay Rebello, Kansas
State Univ., Dept. of Physics 785-532-1633, srebello@phys.ksu.edu |
| Co-Author(s): | Dean A. Zollman |
| Abstract: | A growing trend is to create interactive applications that can be accessed remotely by users over the Web. New technologies, such as ActiveX have now appeared that provide software developers with the means to integrate program modules and create these web-based interactive applications. We will discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of using ActiveX for creating interactive web-based physics materials. We will present examples of ActiveX controls that we have developed and purchased, and demonstrate how these can be used to create web-based applications for teaching physics using Visual Basic or Java Script. We will also demonstrate some controls used to make specific pedagogical applications created using other developer's tools such as DemoShield or Macromedia Director interactive over the web. Finally, we will compare ActiveX with some of the other options that are available to developers of web-based applications. |