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Sponsored by the Institution | Sponsored by the Institution Engineers in Scotland (IES) and the Scottish Branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers, undergraduate civil engineering students at Glasgow University, Amy Lillico and Ann-Cathirn Reismann worked with Iain MacLeod of IES on the development of a prototype information resource for structural mechanics. The outcome was [http://stempedia.com/ Stempedia]. The prototype was establishsed to test methods for presenting information for learners in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects and focuses on issues for early learners in structural mechanics. The project demonstrated the efficacy of hyperlinked documents for learning in technical contexts A particular focus was on Applications Sheets that explain how the mechanics is used in decision-making in structural design. Such information is not readily available, but is important for motivating learners, leading to improved understanding | ||
The software platform for Stempedia is a Wordpress template that was adequate for testing of ideas but was not suitable for a well structured information resource. | The software platform for Stempedia is a Wordpress template that was adequate for testing of ideas but was not suitable for a well structured information resource. | ||
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The version of the resource developed by Liam Guermache was transferred to eit.engineers.scot and the name was changed. It was decided to have the resource organised into chapters, each chapter being the responibility of a group. | The version of the resource developed by Liam Guermache was transferred to eit.engineers.scot (hosted by IES) and the name was changed. It was decided to have the resource organised into chapters, each chapter being the responibility of a group. | ||
Chapters | Initial Chapters | ||
====== '''1. Strategies for egineered outcmes''' ====== | ====== '''1. Strategies for egineered outcmes''' ====== | ||
This | This provides information on topics such as Critical thinking, Leadership, Communication, etc. | ||
======'''2. Structural engineering'''====== | ======'''2. Structural engineering'''====== | ||
The experience with Stempedia showed that in order to demontrate the role of structural mechanics in the design of structures it was necessary to provide a wider range of information. The firs task will be to convert the Stempedia files to MediaWiki format. | The experience with Stempedia showed that in order to demontrate the role of structural mechanics in the design of structures it was necessary to provide a wider range of information. The firs task will be to convert the Stempedia files to MediaWiki format. | ||
Revision as of 12:36, 20 March 2021
Engineer-it provides information
Timeline
July/August 2020
Sponsored by the Institution Engineers in Scotland (IES) and the Scottish Branch of the Institution of Structural Engineers, undergraduate civil engineering students at Glasgow University, Amy Lillico and Ann-Cathirn Reismann worked with Iain MacLeod of IES on the development of a prototype information resource for structural mechanics. The outcome was Stempedia. The prototype was establishsed to test methods for presenting information for learners in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects and focuses on issues for early learners in structural mechanics. The project demonstrated the efficacy of hyperlinked documents for learning in technical contexts A particular focus was on Applications Sheets that explain how the mechanics is used in decision-making in structural design. Such information is not readily available, but is important for motivating learners, leading to improved understanding
The software platform for Stempedia is a Wordpress template that was adequate for testing of ideas but was not suitable for a well structured information resource.
November 2020
Liam Guermache, an undergraduate student in Civil Engineering at Glasgow University tested the suitability of MediaWiki as the software platform. (MediaWiki is the free software platform used by Wikipedia). He set up a limited version of Stempedia usng MediaWiki on his own hosting system.
January 2021
A decision was made to adopt MediaWiki as the software platform and change the name of the resource to Engineer-it.
February 2021
The version of the resource developed by Liam Guermache was transferred to eit.engineers.scot (hosted by IES) and the name was changed. It was decided to have the resource organised into chapters, each chapter being the responibility of a group.
Initial Chapters
1. Strategies for egineered outcmes
This provides information on topics such as Critical thinking, Leadership, Communication, etc.
2. Structural engineering
The experience with Stempedia showed that in order to demontrate the role of structural mechanics in the design of structures it was necessary to provide a wider range of information. The firs task will be to convert the Stempedia files to MediaWiki format.