Developing a pedagogical photoreal virtual environment to teach civil engineering

J Walker, D Towey, M Pike, G Kapogiannis… - … Technology and Smart …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose It is possible for civil engineering (CE) students to graduate from a degree
programme without gaining experience on a construction site. The implementation of virtual …

Developing virtual reality open educational resources in a Sino-foreign higher education institution: Challenges and strategies

D Towey, J Walker, C Austin… - … , and Learning for …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open educational resources (OERs) are teaching, learning, and research resources that
have been made available such that they can be used, shared, and modified freely …

Embracing ambiguity: agile insights for sustainability in engineering in traditional higher education and in technical and vocational education and training

D Towey, J Walker, R Ng - Interactive Technology and Smart …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Embracing reflective practice and retrospection, with a goal of identifying
commonalities, this paper aims to examine delivery of engineering subjects in both …

[PDF][PDF] Incorporating pedagogical theory into VR to teach civil engineering

J Walker, D Towey, S Wei, M Pike… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Purpose–The end of the Renaissance period in Europe saw civil engineering (CE) tuition
develop from a master-apprentice relationship to the current classroom-based learning …

[PDF][PDF] Learning by doing: Developing the next generation of software quality assurance professionals

D Towey, S Yang, Z Ying, ZQ Zhou… - Proceedings of the 2019 …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Purpose–The discipline of computer science (CS) has seen a surge in popularity in
education, with student demand the highest it has been for many years. A reason for this …

Harnessing OERs in Hong Kong Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

T Wang, RYK Ng, D Towey - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open Educational Resources (OERs) represent an opportunity to enhance quality access to
education. However, OER adoption has not yet made as substantial an impact as might …

[PDF][PDF] Improving students' vocational training in the field of engineering and infrastructure design for enterprises relating to car service in the arctic zone

A Kozlov, O Tamer, S Lapteva, S Zaitseva… - Int. J. Innov. Creat …, 2020 - ijicc.net
The study uses the following methods: the analysis of scientific, technical, methodological,
domestic, and foreign literature. This includes production methods to ensure the quality and …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges to Innovation: Obstacles Encountered on a Journey to Engage Students

D Towey, L Knowles, D Lamb… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Purpose–As an interdisciplinary team of higher education (HE) professionals, teaching in
the first Sino-foreign HE institution (SfHEI), in mainland China, we wanted to investigate how …

Innovation and creativity in software engineering education

GP Gasca-Hurtado, MC Gómez-Álvarez… - Latin American Women …, 2021 - igi-global.com
The last decade has increased the demand of software products in several economy
sectors; therefore, the need to train people in software engineering is growing. Software …