Design And Development Research On Web-based Network Course Of Reinforced Concrete Structures

With the rapid development and wide application of multimedia technology and computer network technology, network education has also been developed. Developing network course and combining network education with traditional education can better improve the quality of teaching..An investigation of the development and the current status of network course both at home and abroad, especially the network course of reinforced concrete structures, have been carried out in this paper,. Reinforced concrete structures network course which can improve students' independence, enthusiasm, cooperation and creativity has been developed according to the teaching characteristic and experience of Institute of Structural Engineering of Zhejiang University (ISE). The purpose of putting this network course into undergraduate course education is to share the first-class faculty strength and teaching resources of ISE, enhance teaching quality, build a platform for lifelong learning and cultivate the students' creativity as well as engineering practical ability.Reinforced concrete structures network course which aims at the juniors or even seniors of Civil Engineering contains ten columns, including network course, curriculum experiment, item bank of the course, topics development etc. Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is the main development software of this network course. The technical route and key technology of designing and developing the network course is as following: First of all, determine the network curriculum objectives and teaching content; then carry out overall design, interface design, navigation design and function module design after the full analyzation of the course characteristics; Then according to different teaching contents, teaching goals and the overall design style, collect teaching materials, including text, picture, animation, video and multimedia courseware, and exploit knowledge development platform consisting of the development of the reinforced concrete structure theory and the revision of that code, the durability of reinforced concrete structures, prestress technology, construction general plan drawing etc.; Finally integrate all teaching materials into Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and then release them in the form of web page.According to the necessity of teaching, teachers can combine network course with classroom teaching to achieve teaching diversification. Students can do some preparation, consolidation, reviewing, make self-evaluation and expand knowledge range through the network course.