線上工程材料實驗室—數位遊戲式學習

Abstract

工程材料實驗課為土木系大學部基礎課程之一，教導學生有關材料的特性及彼此之間相互關係的基本知識，對日後所學的工程相關科目有著深遠的影響。由於實驗室通常有安全管理上的需求，空間或時間都有使用上的限制；若考慮實驗材料成本，經常無法同意學生重複學習。為了改善上述實驗室的教學限制，本論文利用現代計算機及網際網路為工具，建立線上材料實驗室做為輔助學習土木材料課程的工具，提供同學不受時空限制的學習方式。除此之外，為了提升同學的學習興趣，學習平台將以電腦遊戲的方式進行教學設計，透過遊戲將知識與技能傳遞給學習者。系統建置完成後，透過土木系及非本系兩組實驗人員的試用，由使用前及使用後的成績表得知，驗證本系統確實能輔助同學學習工程材料實驗課，並提升學習效率。

Engineering Material Laboratory is one of the basic courses of Civil Engineering for undergraduate students. The objective of the course is to introduce the properties and relationship between materials which later will greatly help students in other advanced Civic Engineering courses. In traditional Engineering Material Laboratory class, safety procedure, time management and experiment-material costs are the essential limitations, however, give students neither less nor even no chance to review or repeat the experiments from time to time. Using computer capacity and internet efficiency to create an online Civic Material Laboratory platform, this thesis attempts to overcome the restriction in traditional experiment course for students to be able to review the experiments anytime and anywhere. Furthermore, to increase students’ interest, this learning platform is designed as computer games. It’s aimed that through games, students learns the basic knowledge and skills of Civic Engineering students that shall have. Following, the system is verified via civil students and non-civil students. After work, comparing the grades of the pre-test to the post-test, the positive difference show that students’ learning effects are improving. The results of verification reveal that the system is useful for assisting students in learning the Engineering Material Laboratory course.