Copyright (c) 2013 Dublin Institute of Technology All rights reserved. http://arrow.dit.ie/beschspart Recent documents in Articles en-us Wed, 29 May 2013 12:04:40 PDT 3600 http://arrow.dit.ie/beschspart/2 http://arrow.dit.ie/beschspart/2 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:51:33 PDT This paper describes the implementation of an experimental method of delivery for a module of remote sensing material to second year students on the BSc (Hons) in Geomatics at the Dublin Institute of Technology. The project began as a reaction to poor levels of student engagement and unsatisfactory grades, as well as the requirement to focus more on real-world type problems due to the implementation of a work-placement semester for third year students. Both pedagogical considerations (movement towards formative feedback, interactivity and group-based work) and the effect of technological drivers, such as the popularity of the internet in general and Web 2.0 tools in particular, led to the design of a two-part project where students engaged in group-work and individual research to explore remote sensing and close range photogrammetry concepts. The students found the new delivery and assessment to be generally successful with 78% recommending that the new format should be retained for future delivery. However, both the students and the lecturer involved envisage a number of changes, particularly in relation to group size and time management, for future deliveries.

]]> Avril Behan http://arrow.dit.ie/beschspart/1 http://arrow.dit.ie/beschspart/1 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:51:24 PDT The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which detailed empirical analysis of the metrology and proportional systems used in the design of Irish ecclesiastical architecture can be analysed to provide historical information not otherwise available. Focussing on a relatively limited sample of window tracery designs as a case study, it will first set out to establish what, if any, systems were in use, and then what light these might shed on the background, training and work practices of the masons, and, by association, the patrons responsible for employing them.

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