1. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning Teaching Design of Building Structures Using Visualization and Animation Techniques Mohamed A. El-Gafy Department of Technology

2. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning !!! Thanks !!! This Project was funded by the CTLT Teaching-Learning Development Grant Special Thanks to: Dr. Patrick O'Sullivan Beth Welch

3. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning Presentation Outline Research Initiatives & Problem Statement Literature Review What did I do? Results: How did I use it? How Can you use it? Conclusion

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5. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning Problem Statement Understanding structures design in construction management education. The engineering-based approaches are highly quantitative, communicating basic concepts using an advanced mathematics. Faculty and students historically struggle because construction students do not have the background or time to master the mathematical skills.

6. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning Literature Review learning improvements occur when computer-aided visualizations and animations are used in the classroom (Tjaden and Martin, 1995; Kulik and Kulik, 1989) Dual coding hypothesis, which states that long-term memory consists of both a verbal and visual coding mechanism (Mayer and Sims, 1994; Mayer and Moreno, 1998).

7. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning What Did I do? Recognized that students learn in a variety of ways Realized that animations, accompanied by symbolic teaching and oral explanation, will help to increase student interest Developed animated tools to help students overcome difficulties in working with forces, moments, displacements, and stresses. As an instructor, these digital animations will help me to: emphasize or de-emphasize certain structural properties exaggerate material behavior to convey certain principles

8. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning Results: How did I use it? Explain Loads Wind load Explain Ideas Load Propagation Tributary Area Explore and Understand Concepts Concrete Cracking Concrete Reinforcement Diaphragm Action

9. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning How Can you use it? Designing a visualization is like designing an educational activity What you see in a visualization is built on what you already know (students don’t see what you see) Be simple Match the mode of presentation to the mental organization the student is creating

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11. Illinois State University 7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning Thank You