I want to build on what I've learned between CLIO 1, 2, and the Maps Course. I've already built the framework of my project with my North Africa website. However, I designed the site to support a one-hour class at the Army War College. After reviewing many military history sites on the web, I am rather depressed.
This disappointment is the impetus behind my project. I want to explore a new framework for depicting military history on the web. As a rough outline, I want to develop a site that combines analysis, primary sources, best practices of military history, and current military planning that can be used as a source for professional military historians.
However, I need to change the site design. After reviewing the California Historical Website, I’d like to try an interface that runs like that site. Also, this means that I would not have to make fundamental alterations to the course site versus the new site. Also, I want to incorporate some GIS capabilities within the site, but that may have to wait until I can take some geography courses.