An Educational Tool based on Virtual Construction Site Visit Game
An Educational Tool based on Virtual Construction Site Visit Game
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基于虚拟施工现场参观游戏的教育工具
DOI：
10.5539/mas.v11n8p47
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Ping Lu
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作者：
Cheng Zhang;Yulin Lu;Ruiyang Xu;Xiao;Yuwei Shi;Ping Lu
为了提高土木工程专业学生的参与度，鼓励学生主动学习，本文开发了一个虚拟建筑工地调查游戏。基于BIM模型构建3D施工现场环境，并创建施工现场常见的相关对象，以增强真实感。导航和互动的开发，使学生能够自由地探索虚拟网站，并得到即时反馈。设计了不同的模块，如问题和任务，以测试学生对相关领域知识的掌握程度。本研究项目使用跨平台游戏引擎Unity作为开发平台。本文详细描述了该系统的结构、机制和实现。因此，通过将传统的教学交付技术转化为基于技术的主动学习，开发了一种提高学习质量的教学方法。通过在普通教科书材料和学生日常使用的技术之间建立上下文联系，提高了学生在学习过程中的参与度。这种新的方法使学生互动，学习抽象的主题在工程设计和施工方法。通过问卷调查两组学生的反馈，对这种主动学习方法的有效性进行了调查。拟议的研究的潜在好处是：提高了对复杂结构的理解;更好地访问更多的建筑工地虚拟;更方便和灵活的时间学习的做法;和更安全的现场访问与此培训前的工具。
To enhance the engagement of Civil Engineering students and encourage active learning, a virtual construction site investigation game is developed in the present paper. 3D construction site environment is built based on BIM models and relevant objects common on construction sites are created to enhance the realistic. Navigation and Interactions are developed to enable the students to explore the virtual sites freely and get instant feedbacks. Different modules, such as Questions and Tasks, are developed to exam how well the students master the domain-related knowledge. Unity, a cross-platform game engine, is used as the development platform for this research project. The architecture, mechanism and the implementation are described in detail in this paper. A pedagogical methodology for improving the quality of learning is thus developed by transforming traditional instructional delivery techniques into technology-based active learning. Students’ engagement in the learning process is improved by establishing a contextual connection between ordinary textbook materials and technologies that students use in their daily routines. This new approach enables students to interact, and learn abstract topics in engineering design and construction method. The effectiveness of this active learning method is investigated by the feedback from two groups of students using a questionnaire. The potential benefits of the proposed research are: enhanced understanding of complicated structures; better accessibility to more construction site virtually; more convenient and flexible time for learning practices; and safer site visit with this pre-training tool.