Enhancing Student Learning Experience by Incorporating Virtual Reality into Construction Safety and Risk Management Class

9 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Payam Bakhshi, Afshin Pourmokhtarian, Benjamin Everett and Zach Bannon

Abstract

For years, the construction industry was notorious for being slow in adopting new technologies. However, in the past decade, this trend started to change. Technologies such as building information modeling (BIM), drone, autonomous equipment, 3D printing, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) were developed and used by the industry at a breakneck speed. While VR/AR technologies have been around for quite a long time, they have been gaining more attention by the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry recently. These technologies have proven to benefit construction projects in many ways. From preconstruction to construction, they can add value and save time and money. One of the great advantages of these technologies is training for jobsite safety and hazard recognition. To create more interactive learning experience and prepare students for a rapidly changing industry, VR technology was utilized in Construction Safety and Risk Management class in the Construction Management program at Wentworth Institute of Technology. This paper describes how VR technology was incorporated as a pilot study into the class curriculum and provided students with a different and more engaging learning experience, as well as how it helped them learn the subject matter better.

Keyphrases: advanced technologies, construction education, construction management curriculum, jobsite safety, virtual reality (vr)

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 515-523.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/9mpk
	https://doi.org/10.29007/pmvj

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:Enhancing_Student_Learning_Experience,
  author    = {Payam Bakhshi and Afshin Pourmokhtarian and Benjamin Everett and Zach Bannon},
  title     = {Enhancing Student Learning Experience by Incorporating Virtual Reality into Construction Safety and Risk Management Class},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/9mpk},
  doi       = {10.29007/pmvj},
  pages     = {515-523},
  year      = {2022}}

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