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Affordable Learning Solutions and Interactive Content in Engineering Mechanics
ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
  • Nicolas Ali Libre, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Digital Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) provides students with quality yet affordable educational content and enables instructors to utilize multimedia and interactive technology as effective ways of delivering course material. The reduced course content expenses not only allow more students to access the educational material, but also permit the instructors to customize and adapt the material to their teaching style. Incorporation of interactive technology through visually appealing media such as animations, graphics, simulations, videos, and three-dimensional models promotes students' interest in learning theoretical and abstract subjects in science and engineering. In this study, the incorporation of an interactive eBook as an affordable learning solution in Mechanics of Materials is discussed. Features offered in the eBook include responsive three-dimensional models, animations, lecture videos, course summaries, algorithmically generated problem sets, pop-up hints, and guided steps. Such an eBook provides various avenues for students to learn and practice concepts, and has yielded very encouraging results, including increased student performance and positive feedback from the students themselves. The presented interactive eBook has the potential to inspire other educators and course designers to develop and implement interactive tools in their pedagogical approach.

Meeting Name
126th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Charged Up for the Next 125 Years, ASEE 2019 (2019: Jun. 15-19, Tampa, FL)
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2019 American Society for Engineering Education. Other scholars may excerpt or quote from these materials with the same citation. When excerpting or quoting from Conference Proceedings, authors should, in addition to noting the ASEE copyright, list all the original authors and their institutions and name the host city of the conference. - Last updated April 1, 2015
Publication Date
6-1-2019
Publication Date
01 Jun 2019
Disciplines
Citation Information
Nicolas Ali Libre. "Affordable Learning Solutions and Interactive Content in Engineering Mechanics" ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings (2019) ISSN: 2153-5965
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nicolas-libre/21/