Internet Principles of Accounting Course

Wayne Ingalls
University of Maine

Synopsis

The innovation is a virtual classroom on the Internet designed to present complete course materials for an introductory course in financial accounting. The course has been designed to be presented entirely over the Internet. Unlike many such courses it is formulated to provide not only visual material, but also audio and hands-on practical learning experiences. It consists of audio lectures over the material just as professors would cover it in an introductory financial accounting course. It also contains examples of problems that are worked through step-by-step, just as a professor would in a traditional classroom setting. Further, it contains hot links to many Internet sites that encourage the student to investigate annual reports, sites related to the accounting profession, Edgar, the Wall Street Research Net and other related sites. The course also includes a financial accounting case study that requires application of the concepts learned to real world corporate annual reports.

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