Introducing a new ict tool in an active learning environment course:: performance consequences depending on the introduction design

• Autores: José Antonio Ferrándiz, Fernando del Ama Gonzalo, David Fonseca Escudero, Mónica Sánchez Sepúlveda
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 35, no. Extra 1 (Parte B ), 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Active Learning Experiences in Engineering Education), págs. 360-371
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper presents a case-study, quasi-experiment in the framework of Architectural Engineering (AE) Bachelor (BA)degree in the UnitedArab EmiratesUniversity (UAEU) and the Architecture (Arch) BAat the American University of RasAl Khaimah (AURAK). To analyze the best approach to introduce Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools intoAcademia, we evaluated three different approaches by introducing a new BIM tool (Revit) into a construction course.These ICT tools (Information and Communication Technologies), are currently required by the Architectural,Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. We tested the students’ performance, submissions and opinions of thecourse methods in order to evaluate these approaches. In this study, we compared the students’ performance in theBuilding Components course (BCC) at UAEU and in the Construction III course (CIII) at AURAK, analyzing how thesenew course designs affected the students. We tested the BCC course during six semesters and the CIII for two semesters. Toachieve a better understanding of the impact of the course on the students, we used the grades of the students to quantifytheir performance, compared their submissions and interviewed three random students from each semester. There are fewstudies on the architectural introduction of Revit and BIM into the Architectural curriculum, even though these tools arecurrently necessary in the Architectural, Engineering and Construction industry. Based on the data obtained from theacademic files, the interviews with the students and the analytic study of the data, we created a set of recommendations tointroduce Revit into construction courses in the AEC curriculum while preventing a drop in the performance, skills andknowledge acquisition of the students.