TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of semantic approaches and interactive virtual technology to improve teaching effectiveness
AU - Jou, Min
AU - Liu, Chi Chia
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the National Science Council of Taiwan for supporting this study.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - This article describes an implementation of interactive virtual environments that have been designed for supporting the education of technical skills in material processing technology. The developed web-based systems provide the capability to train students in the technical skills of material processing technology without the need to work on actual machines in the laboratory. The effect of the developed system was examined both quantitatively and qualitatively. Generally, our results indicated that incorporating online interactive virtual environments into engineering courses can enhance students' technical skills in the operation ofinstruments, process planning and justification of process parameters. Findings also showed that the developed semantic web-based systems were able to facilitate investigation of material processing technology. The results also showed that there were significant improvements in the participants' motivation and learning.
AB - This article describes an implementation of interactive virtual environments that have been designed for supporting the education of technical skills in material processing technology. The developed web-based systems provide the capability to train students in the technical skills of material processing technology without the need to work on actual machines in the laboratory. The effect of the developed system was examined both quantitatively and qualitatively. Generally, our results indicated that incorporating online interactive virtual environments into engineering courses can enhance students' technical skills in the operation ofinstruments, process planning and justification of process parameters. Findings also showed that the developed semantic web-based systems were able to facilitate investigation of material processing technology. The results also showed that there were significant improvements in the participants' motivation and learning.
KW - information theory
KW - interactive virtual environments
KW - layout and drawing
KW - material processing technology
KW - technological education
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U2 - 10.1080/10494820.2010.509632
DO - 10.1080/10494820.2010.509632
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866669052
SN - 1049-4820
VL - 20
SP - 441
EP - 449
JO - Interactive Learning Environments
JF - Interactive Learning Environments
IS - 5
ER -