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The impact of lecture capture availability on academic performance in a large biomedical science course Open
Lecture capture is a technology where live lectures are recorded in a digital format and made available to students to view at their convenience. The use of this technology in higher education has steadily increased despite mixed results a…
Pilot Study Results from Using TrussVR© to Learn About Basic Trusses Open
TrussVR©, a custom-designed VR application, was developed to help engineering students learn about basic trusses in a virtual lab. Trusses are a mainstay of many first-year engineering Statics courses. They are relatively simple to analyze…
DEVELOPMENT OF “INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING” COURSES FOR FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS: A FOCUS ON STUDENT ATTITUDES Open
Many students entering an engineering program have a strong appreciation of the importance of math- and science-based skills for their future career as an engineer, but often have little grasp of what it means to be entering a professional…
FIRST RESULTS FROM A STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF USING VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) TO TEACH TRUSS MECHANICS Open
In 2018, the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering established a Virtual Reality Teaching and Cloud-based Learning (or ViRTCL) lab featuring three high-performance HTC Vive Pro VR stations that will be used for day-to-day tea…