Methodology to use multimedia applications and mobile devices when teaching structural analysis

Abstract

This work has as proposal the introduction of new technologies when teaching engineering, namely to use interactive multimedia resources and mobile devices as assistance to fight the failure in school performance and to motive students to learn Structural Analysis I of the 3rd year of the Civil Engineering course in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). We introduce the problem, the results of approvals/failures and discontinuance of the subject. We also present the advantages of using information and communication technologies in higher education.