Student-centered Evaluation of a GIS Laboratory in Transportation Engineering

Abstract

This paper focuses on the implementation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) based transportation module part of a web-Based learning system for civil engineering students. This project introduces a series of GIS laboratories customized for specific courses throughout the civil engineering curriculum. This exploratory research presents the results of a student-centered evaluation of the laboratory introduced in a required introductory transportation course. Results showed that students exposed to a 20-minute lecture on traffic safety before starting the laboratory scored significantly higher than the control group on assessment items. the studentcentered reflective questions indicated also some weaknesses and associated potential actions to improve the GIS based module. based on these findings a series of changes to the current tasks in the GIS laboratory were planned. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2010.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Crash data; Geographic information systems; Traffic safety; Transportation education and training

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2153-5965

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 American Society for Experimental Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2010

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