Teaching Innovation through Hands-on-Experience Case Studies Combined with Hybrid Simulation
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 139, Issue 3
Abstract
Teaching innovations in earthquake engineering with special attention to Bloom’s taxonomy is explored utilizing the versatility introduced by the hybrid simulation (HS) testing method. Such innovations focus on developing a variety of case studies with integrated earthquake and structural engineering concepts tailored for high school and first-year undergraduate students. The goal is to effectively guide students to understand the intricacies of real structural systems by visualizing their complex behavior when subjected to earthquake loading. A teaching activity involving theoretical and hands-on-experience components, in which a HS testing demonstration is used as a part of the activity, is described, and the results of this activity are presented. The experiences gathered from this activity and the developed HS experience at various laboratories are used to create new instructional case studies making use of HS.
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Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the financial and organizational support of the NSLC. The educational outreach program discussed herein was conducted at the nees@berkeley experimental site, which is funded by the National Science Foundation though the George E. Brown, Jr. NEES. The assistance of several undergraduate and graduate students, especially Dr. Tarek Elkhoraibi, and staff of nees@berkeley is gratefully acknowledged.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 139 • Issue 3 • July 2013
Pages: 177 - 186
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Received: May 16, 2012
Accepted: Nov 26, 2012
Published online: Nov 28, 2012
Discussion open until: Apr 28, 2013
Published in print: Jul 1, 2013
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