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涉及复杂的空间推理，在一个不断变化的环境中，直到项目完成。然而，建筑管理专业的学生解决这些时空问题的能力受到了阻碍，因为他们缺乏对工地施工过程的接触，而缺乏适当的教学材料也阻碍了教师将现场经验引入建筑课程的能力。因此，许多学生无法理解动态的、复杂的空间约束（例如，建筑产品如何在特定的语境空间中相互关联）和时间约束（例如，协调分包商流程的依赖关系）。本项目使用增强现实技术（ART）作为教学机制，通过两层（真实环境和计算机生成的信息）的结合，将虚拟工作现场参观纳入其中。ART通过计算机生成的感官输入来增强物理的、真实的环境。ART使学生能够增强他们对工作现场的感知，更重要的是，使他们能够无限地获得参与工作现场体验的机会。本研究探讨了虚拟物体和几何模型的使用，通过提高学生的空间和时间认知技能来增强对建筑过程中产品的理解。该项目正在创建使用ART的教学模块，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。通过对每个模块使用对照组和治疗组，该项目正在评估使用ART对学生的时空技能和解决问题能力的影响。这些技能正在使用由独立评估人员管理的有效工具进行评估。

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.