Multi-Media Interactive Self-directed CAD Applications learning Modules for the Construction Management Students

摘要

This paper discusses multi-media, online, Interactive, self-explanatory Computer Aided Design (CAD) course instructions. These instructions were designed to assist the students in utilizing CAD applications related to the construction industry. Most of these course instructions were used in the "Fundamentals to Construction" which is an introductory course for basic construction and CAD skills, as well as to prepare the students for other building construction courses. The new course instructions included video-clips, screen captures, written interactive instructions, as well as self explanatory assignments which allow each student to work independently. This course also includes list-serve for all construction management students to post questions related to CAD in construction. In order to provide up-to-date CAD related resources and continuous support, all construction management students maintained access to the CAD instructions after completing the Fundamentals to Construction course. The students' response to this teaching method was outstanding, and the score of the Students' Opinion of Instructors' Survey (SOIS) for this course was the highest at the university level.