Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeong Woo; Blake Wentz, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Construction

AC 2010-1581: USE OF WIKIS IN CONSTRUCTION EDUCATIONJeong Han Woo, Milwaukee School of Engineeirng Dr. Woo has been an active researcher in the field of Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, especially in BIM, building energy efficiency, and construction information technologies. He presented his research findings numerously at Construction Research Congress, ISARC (International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction), ACADIA (Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture), ASC (Associated Schools of Construction), and ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education). Dr. Woo’s papers are published in peer-reviewed journals in the field, such as

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University; Eddy Rojas, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Construction

: Simulation of real-world processes Exploration of choice and consequence with complex variables Deep understanding of the targeted knowledge Self-directed learning Peer-to-peer teaching opportunities Highly motivated and engaged learning environment Autonomous thinking through meaningful perspectivesHowever, as promising as the use of games and simulations appears to be forlearning environments, there are several major challenges researchers might facewhen developing games and simulations. One of the biggest challenges is likelyto be the integration with traditional learning contents. Furthermore, developing along-term strategy for game and simulation-based learning is one of the mostimportant decisions

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Arnold, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Construction

semester,industry representatives were invited to make presentations to the class on various topics.Students also take field trips to construction sites. Students were required to write a one pagepaper on how the presentation or field trip applied to their particular project and their careergoals. These papers were very enlightening in that students expressed their opinions of therelevance of the topics. A majority of the students thought that the technical presentations werenot as valuable as the professional topics. This corresponds with the findings in the pilot study byHowe et all.2Students develop their problem solving skills through the experience gained by working withindustry beyond what is possible in conventional classroom setting, thus