Civil Engineering Learning Technology

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7277-2839-5
Verlag: Institution of Civil Engineers

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 570 g

The field of civil engineering offers specific challenges to the higher education sector. Civil engineerings blend of management design and analysis requires people with a combination of academic and experimental knowledge and skill-based abilities.This volume brings together papers by leading practitioners in the field of learning technology, within the discipline of civil engineering, to facilitate the sharing of experience, knowledge and expertise.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lloyd, R M

Moore, C J

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Bauindustrie, Baugewerbe
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Integration into the curriculum

Upgrading civil engineering education: the electronic library of the Faculty of Civil Engineering AUT
Implementing computer imagery using CAL-Visual
Experiences with using the teachware Ruckzuck in a structural analysis course
Skills and knowledge transfer: the effective teaching of computer aided design (CAD) in higher education
Experiences from design and use of IT supported distribution learning enviroment
Towards self-directed computer-mediated learning for undergraduate structural engineering education
Comparing two learning strategies implemented within CAL prgram
The evaluation of COMPACT and WebCT used in the teaching of prestressed concrete design
Constructing tomorrows engineer
The structural analysis and FEM programs as an educational tool for the civil engineering students
Courseware development

Using fuzzy logic for the knowledge representation in preliminary structural design
Curves and surfaces with Mathematica
Teaching in a virtual reality
Educational multimedia production for teaching moment of inertia - application to secondary level school in Greece
On teaching computer modelling of the realisation of structures
ISSD: an interactive software for structural design
Multimedia-based case study teaching
Virtual instrumentation in water resources engineering
Development of an undergraduate course on the fundamentals of CAE
DEFLECT: a CAL resource to facilitate understanding of structural mechanics
Internet based learning

An open-channel hydraulics course on the Internet of self-learning
Taking the distance out of distance learning
The use of compressed video technology to deliver lectures via the Internet and CD-Rom
WWW-based support of engineering education
Professional development

A study of the implementation of analytical design software within a civil engineering environment
On-line professional support for engineers - the vision for a new service
Designing, developing and implementing a web based personal and professional development tool to promote professional development within the construction industry
Use of computer-based support system in postgraduate engineering education - an ongoing project
The development of a pan-European, competence based CPD framework for the construction industry
Institutional Strategies

The Opportunity Programme in the University of Wollongong
EUCEET - a SOCRATES thematic network project for civil engineering education and training in Europe
Education of technologists and humanistic aspects
Teaching design to sophomore students in KIT
Training of the pipeline engineer