C2P2 Oriented Laboratory Instruction in Geotechnical Engineering using Digital Videos and Evaluation of its Impact on Students' Learning

工程-土木（54）几乎所有的土木工程结构都是由土壤或岩石支撑的，设计工程师在很大程度上依赖于通过现场测试和实验室测试确定的土壤和岩石特性来确保结构的完整性。由于这个原因，土木工程专业的学生对土壤的行为和通常用于确定各种土壤性质的实验室技术有一个全面的了解是很重要的。该项目正在开发数字视频，旨在提高学生对岩土工程中常用实验的理解，并帮助学生为土木工程师的专业实践做好准备。正在开发的数字视频内容包括如何进行常见实验室实验的说明，以及如何将这些实验与实地的实际工程项目联系起来的演示。资料中包含对实际数据的还原和分析的说明。这些视频还包括关于已经发生或可能发生的失败的信息，这些信息直接适用于所讨论的实验。正在严格评估数字视频对学生学习的影响，这些视频正在通过商业企业和专业协会广泛分发。

Engineering - Civil (54)Nearly all civil engineering structures are supported by either soil or rock and design engineers rely significantly on the soil and rock properties determined through field tests and laboratory tests to ensure structural integrity. For this reason, it is important that civil engineering students have a thorough understanding of the behavior of soils and of the laboratory techniques commonly used to determine various soil properties. This project is developing digital videos designed to improve student understanding of experiments commonly performed in geotechnical engineering and to help prepare students for professional practice as civil engineers. The content of the digital videos being developed includes instructions on how common laboratory experiments are performed as well as a demonstration of how these experiments are linked to real-life engineering projects in the field. Instruction on the reduction and analysis of actual data is included in the materials. The videos also include information about failures that have occurred or that may occur that are directly applicable to the experiment in question. The impact of the digital videos on student learning is being rigorously evaluated and the videos are being distributed broadly through commercial ventures and professional societies.