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7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning

Illinois State University

Teaching Design of Building Structures Using Visualization and Animation

Techniques

Mohamed A. El-Gafy

Department of Technology

7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on

Teaching and Learning Illinois State University

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This Project was funded by the CTLT Teaching-Learning Development Grant

Special Thanks to:Dr. Patrick O'Sullivan Beth Welch



Presentation Outline

Research Initiatives & Problem Statement

Literature Review

What did I do?

Results: How did I use it?

How Can you use it?

Conclusion



Problem Statement

Understanding structures design in construction management education.

The engineering-based approaches are highly quantitative, communicating basic concepts using an advanced mathematics.

Faculty and students historically struggle because construction students do not have the background or time to master the mathematical skills.



Literature Review

learning improvements occur when computer-aided visualizations and animations are used in the classroom (Tjaden and Martin, 1995; Kulik and Kulik, 1989)

Dual coding hypothesis, which states that long-term memory consists of both a verbal and visual coding mechanism (Mayer and Sims, 1994; Mayer and Moreno, 1998).



What Did I do?Recognized that students learn in a variety of ways

Realized that animations , accompanied by symbolic teaching and oral explanation, will help to increase student interest

Developed animated tools to help students overcome difficulties in working with forces, moments, displacements, and stresses.

As an instructor, these digital animations will help me to: emphasize or de-emphasize certain structural properties exaggerate material behavior to convey certain principles



Results: How did I use it?

Explain Loads Wind load

Explain Ideas Load Propagation Tributary Area

Explore and Understand Concepts Concrete Cracking Concrete Reinforcement Diaphragm Action



How Can you use it?

Designing a visualization is like designing an educational activity

What you see in a visualization is built on what you already know (students don’t see what you see)

Be simple

Match the mode of presentation to the mental organization the student is creating



Questions?



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