The Research on the Cultivation of Innovation Capabilities Supported by Information Technology : A case study of 'soil mechanics and foundation engineering' course

摘要

With the goal of cultivating innovation capabilities, the overall course design of the "Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering" is reconstructed supported by information technology, including four parts as teaching modules, methods, activities and objectives. After the course is reorganized, the concept of flipped teaching is introduced in the classroom explanation, focusing on the training of students’ thinking style and scientific literacy, which processes can also be implemented by computer programs. The introduction of scene-based activities, in a problem-driven way, could promote the teaching process. Based on the granular characteristics of the studied objects in this course, some programs of discrete element method may be applied in experiment and design teaching. As a result, our national development strategy of innovation and entrepreneurship is implemented in professional teaching.