Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to present a method for developing a project-based online course for building information modeling (BIM) learning. As the development of BIM has gradually increased its influence on the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries, countries around the world have begun to focus on BIM education and import it into university courses. However, there have been many studies pointing out several problems with the BIM education curriculum. For example, BIM education should not be limited to modeling work, and students do not exactly know the entire BIM workflow. Therefore, this research proposed a project-based online course development method for solving BIM educational issues. The proposed method contains a course development process and guidelines for designing the course. As an example implementation, a five-week Autodesk Revit learning curriculum was developed. Such a curriculum was then utilized in a 32 student class for testing its effectiveness. The results showed that students could understand the BIM process more effectively through the designed project-based course. Additionally, with online video tutorials, students are free to allocate their study time based on their personal needs and adjust their learning progress for better understanding of the course contents.
Highlights
The rapid development of information technology (IT) has forced civil engineers to continuously make advances in design methodologies
Some universities around the world have begun to focus on building information modeling (BIM) education, including combining BIM with different courses, combining BIM with competitions, or setting up online courses for BIM learning
The results show that online video tutorials are a valuable and effective tool to improve student mastery of problem solving
Summary
The rapid development of information technology (IT) has forced civil engineers to continuously make advances in design methodologies. The advent of building information modeling (BIM) has affected the development of the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry and traditional 2D drawings have gradually been replaced by 3D models. These changes have created challenges for educators and students, as these changes require a flexible curriculum. The course’s name is BIM Theory and Practice. This three-unit elective course runs on Fridays from 09:00 to 12:00. The BIM course is not just a single teaching mode using only online video teaching; guest lecturers are invited from the professional and software industries
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