Title of the course: ECVL N205-Site Surveying. This is a basic course for civil engineering students that provide appropriate theoretical and practical surveying skills for civil engineering related projects. The course also provides opportunities to foster team-work and develop problem solving skills for civil engineering applications.
The course mainly consists of two components: 2-hours of lecture and 2-hours of practical work. The course is offered to both morning (am) and evening (pm) students. The pm students are working professionals who are trying to develop their professional skills alongside holding a full-time job and meeting their family obligations. The daily schedule of these students is very rigorous and normally extends from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm; traveling to the job, work, travel to college, and driving home. Therefore, any relief in terms of delivery of instructions can help in maintaining their interest in pursuing the college education.
I am planning to substitute the lecture-component based on class-room instructions with e-learning primarily consisting of BB Vista and WIMBA. A real-time interaction with students after lecture session will be developed using smart phone technologies. At the end of each lecture session, student’s feedback will be registered using a short survey. Instructional components and delivery mechanisms will be modified in response to these surveys. It is expected that this project will provide students with additional family-time, save their time and money by reducing driving time, and improve their learning and comprehension.
