Towards establishing a distant learning environment for a European master in construction IT

Author

Dado, E. ; Beheshti, R.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Civil Eng. & Geosci., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

fYear

2005

fDate

7-9 July 2005

Abstract

A consortium of nine European universities submitted a proposal, in 2001, for a European master in construction IT (ITC Euromaster). This project was approved and supported by the European Erasmus/Socrates program. The main objective of the proposal was to develop a joint M.Sc. curriculum for construction IT, providing students the possibility for extending their knowledge in the application of ICT in the building and construction (BC) related disciplines. The curriculum aimed at complementing the existing portfolio of ICT education programs of the nine participating universities. This is meant to provide a response to the growing demand for such skills in the European Union (EU) for ICT enabled support for the BC industry. This paper discusses the results achieved so far. A special attention is paid to the course delivery methods, emphasising the distant learning environment that is established within the program.

Keywords

construction industry; distance learning; Erasmus/Socrates program; European Union; ICT; ITC Euromaster; M.Sc. curriculum; building industry; construction IT; construction industry; distant learning; e-learning; Acceleration; Buildings; Civil engineering; Construction industry; Educational programs; Electronic learning; Geology; Portfolios; Proposals; Telephony; Construction IT; European M. Sc. programme; distant learning; eLearning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, 2005. ITHET 2005. 6th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9141-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHET.2005.1560270

Filename

1560270