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In October 2005, The Concrete Centre's Education & Training department launched The Concrete Centre Academic Partnership Programme for Engineering with fifteen University Civil and Structural Engineering Departments. The objectives of this programme are to develop teaching and learning resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses; to support and/or facilitate research; to encourage interest and raise competence in designing with concrete through competitions, workshops and summer schools; and to disseminate findings, learning tools and other outputs to all interested universities in the UK. The programme partners are the Engineering Departments of Heriot Watt, Edinburgh, Dundee, Sheffield, Liverpool, Imperial College, UCL, Cardiff, City, Cambridge, Birmingham, Manchester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Leeds. As the Concrete Centre lecturer, activities will be carried out to assist the objectives of The Concrete Centre Academic Partnership Programme. Examples of such activities are listed in the following. Virtual Learning EnvironmentA Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a software system designed to facilitate teachers in the management of educational courses for their students, especially by helping teachers and learners with course administration. The system can often track the learners' progress, which can be monitored by both teachers and learners. While often thought of as primarily tools for distance education, they are most often used to supplement the face-to-face classroom. Useful linksLMS Options
and Comparisons Virtual LaboratoriesA Virtual Laboratory for concrete and reinforced concrete testing will give the possibility to students and teachers to access a information on testing procedures and methodologies as well as interactive tests on small and medium scale specimens so as to experience first hand the true response of concrete under a variety of loading conditions. Such a tool, being envisioned as directly accessible via the internet and dynamically evolving, will become an invaluable resource to facilitate and stimulate active learning. Useful linksVirtual Cement and Concrete Testing LaboratoryVirtual Concrete Laboratory Learning ResourcesCALcrete Compact Eurocode 2 |
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