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Development of an Integrated Process, Modeling and Simulation Platform for Performance-Based Design of Low-Energy and High IEQ Buildings
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Chen, Yixing – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The objective of this study was to develop a "Virtual Design Studio (VDS)": a software platform for integrated, coordinated and optimized design of green building systems with low energy consumption, high indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and high level of sustainability. The VDS is intended to assist collaborating architects,…
Descriptors: Buildings, Pollution, Energy Conservation, Building Design
Evaluating the Impact of Role-Playing Simulations on Global Competency in an Online Transnational Engineering Course
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Wold, Kari – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Successfully interacting with those from different cultures is essential to excel in any field, particularly when global, transnational collaborations in the workplace are increasingly common. However, many higher education students in engineering are not explicitly taught how to display the global competency skills desired by future employers. To…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Computer Simulation, Online Courses, Engineering Education
The Effects of Different Computer-Supported Collaboration Scripts on Students' Learning Processes and Outcome in a Simulation-Based Collaborative Learning Environment
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Wieland, Kristina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Students benefit from collaborative learning activities, but they do not automatically reach desired learning outcomes when working together (Fischer, Kollar, Mandl, & Haake, 2007; King, 2007). Learners need instructional support to increase the quality of collaborative processes and individual learning outcomes. The core challenge is to find…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods