Abstract
In Spring 2022, faculty from the Colorado State University (CSU), USA and Yildiz Technical University (YTU), Turkey collaborated to develop and offer an experimental graduate level course aimed at teaching multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods to construction and engineering students from both institutions. This course was developed as a result of the international partnership, specifically between the Department of Construction Management at CSU and the Civil Engineering Department at YTU. This course was delivered synchronously to both CSU and YTU students by faculty from both programs. CSU students and the faculty attended the class in an in-person classroom setting and connected to the online virtual meeting environment as a whole class; and YTU students and faculty connected to the online virtual meeting environment individually. Notwithstanding the difference in modalities, both groups of students got a chance to interact within and across sites. In its pilot offering, the course met with significant success and challenges alike. The purpose of this paper is to present this course as a case study to examine successful strategies and barriers to implementing international multi-site classes (hybrid teaching environments). By documenting this course as a case study, this research provides a model for the development of further and similar courses and encourages future efforts to integrate international multi-site classes into construction and engineering education.
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