Hybrid adaptation of teaching and learning strategies for a civil engineering course on structural analysis

• Main Authors: Oreta, Andres Winston C., Valerio, Daniel Nichol R., Valdez, Rainier Lawrence A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2022
• Subjects: Structural analysis (Engineering)—Study and teaching; Blended learning; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11765
• Institution: De La Salle University

Schools have started to return to a face-to-face or onsite mode in the delivery of course as the pandemic gradually becomes manageable. At De La Salle University, Manila, for Academic Year 2022-2023, most of the major lecture-based courses will be delivered through a hybrid mode where a three-unit lecture course with two meetings per week will be delivered onsite for one meeting and online in the other meeting. Because of this hybrid set-up, the teacher is now challenged on how to adapt the teaching and learning strategies and materials used under a pure online platform for the past two years during the pandemic. This paper presents a summary of the adaptation of the course, CESTRUC or Theory of Structures to a hybrid teaching and learning platform. Specifically, the revised syllabus and the various teaching and learning activities (TLA) implemented onsite and online to assure that students learn, understand and master the course will be presented. A preliminary survey on the effectiveness of the adapted syllabus and various teaching and learning activities was conducted. Key Words: Theory of Structures, Hybrid Learning, Blended Learning, Online Class, Civil Engineering, Outcomes-based Education