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Figure 6: Part of a central mindmap, which forms the basis of courses taught using GEOTip.
Figure 7: Still showing the purpose written script being used as the basis for a recorded lecture.
4 CONCLUSIONS
An online learning platform has been developed and evolved
successfully to optimise teaching of the fundamentals of
Geotechnical Engineering to bachelors and masters students.
The site was developed using state of the art inhouse methods
and freeware PHP and MySQL, allowing for constant
regeneration and updating, and recent work has provided more
base material in the form of lecture videos, vod-casts and on-
line labs to allow students to learn at their own speed.
Evaluations have shown that GEOTip is well received by
students, who are able to learn using one or more of the many
didactic methods available (lectures, exercises, script,
mindmaps), however responses are becoming less positive with
time, showing the need for constant updating.
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank Dr Les Davison, Prof Jitendra
Sharma, Robert Banjac, ETH NET, ETH World, FILEP,
INNOVEDUM for input and financial support.
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