Abstract
Conventional methods of teaching structural engineering topics focus on face-to-face delivery of course materials. This study shows that using video-based e-learning in delivering an undergraduate Structural Steel Design course satisfactorily achieved most of the course learning outcomes. Video-based e-learning with animations and simulations gives students a profound understanding of the course intricate design materials. To gauge the effectiveness of video-based e-learning of the course, an online evaluation was conducted by sixty-eight undergraduate students at the United Arab Emirates University using Blackboard. The evaluation consisted of an online survey that was accessible by students who took the structural steel design course in the academic year 2019 using instructional videos provided to them as Quick Response (QR)-codes. The structural steel design course has six learning outcomes (CLOs), and the performance of students in the six CLOs was compared with that of students who took the same course in the academic year 2018 using the traditional face-to-face lecturing method. The survey data was statistically analyzed, and the results revealed that students’ performance improved, and most of the CLOs were attained. Video-based e-learning with animations resulted in better learning outcomes compared to face-to-face lecturing. Accessing the course instruction videos anytime and anywhere is one of the remarkable benefits to the students studying through the e-learning approach.
Highlights
Teaching methods and practices are currently being transformed due to technological advancements
This study aims at assessing the effectiveness of using video-based e-learning in teaching and, attaining the envisioned course objectives and learning outcomes of undergraduate Structural Steel Design courses in engineering curricula
This study investigates the advantages of using instructional videos to augment and enhance lecture delivery
Summary
Teaching methods and practices are currently being transformed due to technological advancements. It may very well be provided in most architectural engineering programs as well This course incorporates structural analysis, mechanics of materials, materials science, and mathematics to calculate the member internal forces, deformations, stresses, and strains under external loads and, to design the members . In general, have difficulty visualizing the deformed shape of simple structures, an essential skill to understand structural steel member behavior away from theoretical formulae and procedures. This weakness can be mostly credited to the traditional instructional practices that place much effort on the analysis of separate members, and less emphasis on grasping the behavior of the entire 3D structure context
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