Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of specialized computer hardware and software to generate drawings used in the architectural, civil, mechanical and other engineering disciplines.Virtually everything that is constructed or built today is first designed on a CAD system.As a result, a CAD course is a required course in almost all engineering programs around the world.The Department of Engineering, Engineering Technology and Surveying at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) offers three CAD courses: ENTC 2170 Computer Aided Drafting and Design focuses on the concepts and skills needed to sketch and create 2-D drawings and 3-D CAD models.ENGR 1110 Engineering Graphics is a required course for TTU-ETSU Joint Engineering program.The course focuses on training students in learning the techniques and standards of communicating graphically so that design ideas can be clearly communicated and produced.ENTC 2160 Architectural CAD trains students on how to prepare formal drawings by providing students with basic guidelines for drafting layout, minimum design and code requirements in a knowledge-building format.Although individual course objectives may vary, course contents, tools and software used for these three CAD courses are mostly the same.This paper describes redesigning the three CAD courses with OER materials.The instructors who teach the courses are involved in this OER project and will implement OER supported courses in Spring 2023.Use of free and open course materials send a positive signal to the students that the professor and the university care about them-view them as people with tight budgets, jobs, and families-and want them to succeed in the class.Increasing access and fostering a greater sense of belonging makes students want to stay enrolled and graduate.
Institution: Tennessee State University
Language: English
Subfield: Computer Science Applications
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4402365333