A Visualization-Based Tutoring Tool for Engineering Education

In engineering disciplines, students usually have hard time to visualize different aspects of engineering analysis and design, which inherently are too complex or abstract to fully understand without the aid of visual explanations or visualizations. As examples, when learning materials and sequences...

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Published in:Special Edition of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2009-10, Vol.1247, p.243-252
Main Authors: Nguyen, Tang-Hung, Khoo, I Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beaches
Clips
Computer programs
Computer simulation
Construction engineering
Construction materials
Design engineering
Engineering education
Learning
Management
Mastering
Mathematical models
Pictures
Software
Students
Textbooks
Texts
Three dimensional
Visual
Visualization
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Summary:In engineering disciplines, students usually have hard time to visualize different aspects of engineering analysis and design, which inherently are too complex or abstract to fully understand without the aid of visual explanations or visualizations. As examples, when learning materials and sequences of construction process, students need to visualize how all components of a constructed facility are assembled? Such visualization can not be achieved in a textbook and a traditional lecturing environment In this paper, the authors present the development of a computer tutoring software, in which different visualization tools including video clips, 3 dimensional models, drawings, pictures/photos together with complementary texts are used to assist students in deeply understanding and effectively mastering materials. The paper will also discuss the implementation and the effectiveness evaluation of the proposed tutoring software, which was used to teach a construction engineering management course offered at California State University, Long Beach.
ISSN:0094-243X