Development of Virtual Soil Laboratory Tests Courseware

本课题旨在开发一套基于网络的模拟岩土工程室内试验的多媒体课件。该课件的好处包括促进学习、记忆和学习迁移，改善理论、实验和应用之间的联系，使远程实验室练习成为可能，以及使用有效的教学策略。课件中的互动被编码，以回忆先前的知识，刺激学习和测试学习成果。该课件模拟了学生在实验课上通常要完成的所有程序。每个学生都有自己的虚拟仪器，不仅可以进行标准测试，还可以进行现有设备无法容纳的各种测试。模拟固结、三轴、直剪和单剪试验。这些测试通常是土木工程本科生课程的一部分。该课件正在伊利诺伊大学、路易斯安那州立大学、东北大学、锡拉丘兹大学、得克萨斯农工大学和这所大学进行测试。评价和评估将在教学评估和评价处的帮助下进行。John Wiley and Sons已同意将课件作为CD-ROM在全球范围内分发。课件也在网上。

This project is developing a suite of web-based multimedia courseware to simulate soil laboratory tests in geotechnical engineering. The benefits of this courseware include enhancing learning, retention and transfer of learning, improving the connection between theory, experiments and applications, making laboratory exercises possible at remote locations, and use of effective pedagogical strategies.Interactions are coded in the courseware to recall prior knowledge, to stimulate learning and to test learning outcomes. The courseware simulates all the procedures that a student will normally perform in a laboratory class. Each student has his or her own virtual apparatus to conduct not only the standard test but also a variety of tests that existing equipment cannot accommodate. The consolidation, triaxial, direct shear and simple shear tests would be simulated. These tests are normally required as part of the curriculum for undergraduate civil engineering students. The courseware is being tested at the University of Illinois, Louisiana State University, Northeastern University, Syracuse University, Texas A & M University and at this University. Evaluation and assessment would be conducted with the help of the Instructional Assessment and Evaluations Services. John Wiley and Sons has agreed to distribute the courseware as a CD-ROM worldwide. The courseware is also on the web.