2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

A hybrid model for Architectural Engineering courses with Digital Transformation Competencies

Presented at Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 1

This paper presents some lessons the Online Terms during the Pandemic left to universities and professors in terms of Digital Transformation Competencies developed by students and professors and the perceptions of students after the return to the campus. We propose a model for hybrid education in the post-pandemic years for Engineering Schools in particular for Structural Engineering courses for Architecture Students and Civil Engineering students. This model is the evolution of models used by the authors in years prior to pandemic and during the pandemic online terms and, they include the positive lessons learnt from pandemic terms and the new digital competencies that we consider should be included in all courses, as some of these skills are highly desirable in Engineering graduates [1, 2].
A total of 298 students answered a survey regarding their perceptions on what their experience was during the online terms and what sort of courses they consider are better suited for online teaching. Some questions in the survey also dealt with the problems faced by students during online terms and the results are included in this work to avoid them in future implementations of hybrid/online courses. The results and analysis of the survey that students answered give a clear indication that overall, online/hybrid education is well received by students and that universities should continue to have part of their curriculum in an online or hybrid format, especially after several terms online, four semesters in the case of our university, in which professors and students developed digital transformation competencies that can be very useful in successful implementations of the models presented in this paper. We present this model and its results as a tool that can be used by professors and universities worldwide when designing new courses for Architectural Engineering in an hybrid/online format.

Authors

Prof. Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9975-9847 Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) [biography]

Prof. Rodriguez-Paz got his B.Sc. In Civil Engineering from Tecnologico de Oaxaca in 1993. He studied a M.Sc. In Structural Engineering at Tecnologico de Monterrey and got his Ph.D. from the University of Wales at Swansea in 2003 where he did research on Numerical Methods. SInce 2009 he is a full professor of Engineering Mechanics at Tecnologico de Monterrey. His research interests are: Engineering Education, Flipped Learning, Numerical Methods and Earthquake Engineering.
Mr. Jorge A. Gonzalez-Mendivil Tecnológico de Monterrey
Prof. Israel Zamora-Hernandez http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3978-4637 [biography]

Israel Zamora-Hernández has a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico. He has a M.Sc. in Digital Systems from Tecnologico de Monterrey, currently collaborating with this university since 2004 holding different positions and responsibilities, among which stand out; the creation of the electronics laboratories in 2005, assuming the direction of the Electronic Engineering and Communications degree in 2006, the creation of the networks laboratory in 2007, the creation of the media center laboratories in 2008, assuming In the same year the position of director of academic programs, which included the career directorates, the admissions directorate and the marketing directorate of the Campus. His work especializes in attracting new students to STEM programs at University level. In 2017, he took the position of career director of Engineering in Innovation and Development and in 2019, the Industrial and Systems Engineering direction was added. Based on this trajectory, an educational channel was created in which academic topics, vocational guidance, and university promotion, among others, upload. He is currently part of a group of research professors in educational innovation, allowing him to publish in SCOPUS conferences.
Prof. Martha Elena Nunez Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) [biography]

Professor since 2013 at Tecnologico de Monterrey, where currently she is the Dean of the Architecture Department. PhD at Birmingham city University, UK (September 2016 â€“ July 2020). She holds two Master Degrees: Industrial Design and Construction Manage

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