Enhancing Learning and Teaching for Architectural Engineering Students Using Virtual Building Design and Construction

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Cheng; Chen, Bing
Titel	Enhancing Learning and Teaching for Architectural Engineering Students Using Virtual Building Design and Construction
Quelle	In: Higher Education Studies, 9 (2019) 2, S.45-56 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-4741
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Building Design; Cooperative Learning; Physical Environment; Computer Simulation; Teaching Methods; Architecture; Construction (Process); Active Learning; Experiential Learning; Feedback (Response); Student Attitudes; Computer Games; Navigation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Baugestaltung; Kooperatives Lernen; Natürliche Umwelt; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Architektur; Aufbau; Konstruktion; Aktives Lernen; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Schülerverhalten; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele
Abstract	It is important for students in the built environment related disciplines to acquire subject-based knowledge and skills from reflecting on their experience. In return, the learning-by-doing approach has been widely adopted in the academic cluster of built environment. To further strengthen this, this paper proposes a Virtual Reality (VR) based learning and teaching tool. It creates a virtual 3D environment that helps architectural engineering students conceive their design ideas, plan the layout, design the structure, construct the products (buildings, communities, infrastructures, etc.), and directly interact with the products they designed. The objectives of this research are: (1) to build a VR design environment for students to experience corresponding impact from different scenarios, which will help the student understand and investigate different design theories and schemes; (2) to build a VR construction environment for students to investigate how the building is built and what safety issues should be noted when visiting a construction site; and (3) to provide a collaborative environment for students in the Built Environment domain for better communication through a complete building project featuring active and experiential learning. Unity is used to develop the package and VIVE, a VR package, is used to facilitate the immersive interaction between the virtual environment and the users. Students from the Built Environment cluster were invited to use the tool and give feedback using a questionnaire. Positive comments were given by the students showing that they were very interested in studying academic subjects through such a technical game. All of them wanted to play more rounds to improve their performance and to find answers to the questions they failed to answer correctly. Most of the students were willing to spend more time in finding answers after playing that game. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01