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| Title: | Evaluation of a prototype GIS learning system to teach civil engineering concepts |
| Author (s): | Hall, Richard H. Luna, Ronaldo Hilgers, Michael Gene Sullivan, John. Lawrence, William Buechler, Matt Ryan |
| Department/Lab Affiliations: | Business & Information Technology Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning (CTEL) Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering Computer Science Information Science & Technology Laboratory for Information Technology Evaluation - LITE Natural Hazard Mitigation Institute (NHMI) University Transportation Center |
| Keywords: | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) geotechnical engineering soil borrow sites web-based learning system |
| Issue Date: | 2005 |
| Publisher: | Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education |
| Citation: | Hall, Richard., Luna, Ronaldo., Hilger, Michael., Sullivan, John, Lawrence, William., and Buechler, Matthew Ryan. "Evaluation of a Prototype GIS Learning System to Teach Civil Engineering Concepts." World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA), 2005. |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this research was to conduct an applied evaluation of a web-based learning system used to teach civil engineering concepts using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The principal goals of the evaluation were to determine the overall effectiveness of the system and to identify factors that mediated this effectiveness. Students in two sections of a course on geotechnical engineering carried out a lab activity on soil borrow sites during a regular lab session. Those in one section used the learning system, while those in a control section learned about soil borrow sites via a board game designed for the lab. Students completed a quiz over the materials and a subjective questionnaire one week later. Those in the learning system section scored significantly higher on the quiz. In addition, qualitative analyses indicated that students found that the learning system encouraged knowledge integration, motivation, and “real world” application of engineering. |
| Type: | Article - Conference proceedings text |
| In Title: | World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) |
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| title | Evaluation of a prototype GIS learning system to teach civil engineering concepts |
| contributor.author | Hall, Richard H. |
| contributor.author | Luna, Ronaldo |
| contributor.author | Hilgers, Michael Gene |
| contributor.author | Sullivan, John. |
| contributor.author | Lawrence, William |
| contributor.author | Buechler, Matt Ryan |
| contributor.deptlab | Business & Information Technology |
| contributor.deptlab | Center for Technology-Enhanced Learning (CTEL) |
| contributor.deptlab | Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering |
| contributor.deptlab | Computer Science |
| contributor.deptlab | Information Science & Technology |
| contributor.deptlab | Laboratory for Information Technology Evaluation - LITE |
| contributor.deptlab | Natural Hazard Mitigation Institute (NHMI) |
| contributor.deptlab | University Transportation Center |
| subject | Geographic Information Systems (GIS) |
| subject | geotechnical engineering |
| subject | soil borrow sites |
| subject | web-based learning system |
| date.issued | 2005 |
| publisher | Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education |
| identifier.citation | Hall, Richard., Luna, Ronaldo., Hilger, Michael., Sullivan, John, Lawrence, William., and Buechler, Matthew Ryan. "Evaluation of a Prototype GIS Learning System to Teach Civil Engineering Concepts." World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA), 2005. |
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| description.abstract | The purpose of this research was to conduct an applied evaluation of a web-based learning system used to teach civil engineering concepts using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The principal goals of the evaluation were to determine the overall effectiveness of the system and to identify factors that mediated this effectiveness. Students in two sections of a course on geotechnical engineering carried out a lab activity on soil borrow sites during a regular lab session. Those in one section used the learning system, while those in a control section learned about soil borrow sites via a board game designed for the lab. Students completed a quiz over the materials and a subjective questionnaire one week later. Those in the learning system section scored significantly higher on the quiz. In addition, qualitative analyses indicated that students found that the learning system encouraged knowledge integration, motivation, and “real world” application of engineering. |
| type | Article - Conference proceedings |
| type.DCMIType | text |
| rights | Pre-print: author can archive; Post-print: author can archive; |
| rights | This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. |
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| relation.isPartOf | World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) |
| date.available | 2008-06-03T18:36:33Z |
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