Collaborative Research: Cyber-Constructor: Enhancing spatial and temporal cognitive ability in construction education through augmented reality

施工管理中的许多问题都涉及到环境中的复杂空间推理，该环境不断变化，直到项目完成。然而，施工管理专业的学生解决这些时空问题的能力受到阻碍，他们缺乏接触施工过程中的工作现场，缺乏适当的教学材料，阻碍了教师的能力，使现场经验到施工课程。因此，许多学生没有发展对动态的、复杂的空间约束的理解（例如，建筑产品如何在特定的上下文空间中彼此相关）和时间约束（例如，该项目使用增强现实技术（ART）作为指导机制，通过两个层面（真实的环境和计算机生成的信息）的结合，将虚拟工作现场访问纳入其中。ART通过计算机生成的感官输入来增强物理的真实世界环境。ART使学生能够增强他们对工作现场的看法，更重要的是，让他们能够无限制地获得参与工作现场体验的机会。本研究探讨了使用虚拟对象和几何模型，以提高学生的空间和时间认知技能，以提高对产品的理解在施工过程中。该项目正在使用ART创建教学模块，用于两个校区的建筑管理课程：佛罗里达大学和佛罗里达国际大学。 通过使用每个模块的控制和治疗组，该项目正在评估使用ART对学生的时空技能以及他们解决问题的技能的影响。这些技能正在由一名独立评估员使用经验证的工具进行评估。

Many problems in construction management involve complex spatial reasoning in an environment that changes continuously until the project is complete. However, the ability of construction management students to solve these spatial-temporal problems is hampered by their lack of exposure to construction processes on the job-site, and a lack of appropriate pedagogical materials hinders instructors' ability to bring on-site experiences into construction courses. Hence, many students do not develop an understanding of the dynamic, complex spatial constraints (e.g., how construction products are related to one another in a particular contextual space) and the temporal constraints (e.g., the dependencies for coordinating subcontractors' processes).This project uses Augmented Reality Technology (ART) as an instructional mechanism to incorporate virtual job-site visits through the combination of two layers (the real environment and the computer-generated information). ART enhances the physical, real-world environment through computer-generated sensory input. ART enables students to enhance their perception of the job-site and, more importantly, allows them unlimited access to otherwise limited opportunities to participate in job-site experiences. This research investigates the use of virtual objects and geometric models to enhance the understanding of products within construction processes by boosting a student's spatial and temporal cognition skills. The project is creating instructional modules using ART for to be used within the construction management curriculum on two campuses: The University of Florida and Florida International University. By using control and treatment groups for each module, the project is assessing the effects of using ART on students' spatial-temporal skills as well as their problem solving skills. These skills are being assessed using validated instruments administered by an independent evaluator.