Empowering Learning Through Remote Visualizations Using Unmanned Aerial Systems: Perspectives of Education and Industry Experts

• In Event: 72.050 - Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: 72.050-4 - Instructional Technology SIG Poster Session 1

Abstract

This study explored education and industry experts’ perceptions regarding the potential of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) technology in Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) courses. Five themes centered on the benefits of UAS technology and bring remote job-site environments into the classroom and enhance processing of complex spatial and temporal information. Participants expressed that aerial visualizations can enhance the processing of complex visuo-spatial information and eliminate split-attention effects through the integration of all relevant visual information into one view. This affordance gives a unique perspective to the observer to facilitate the simultaneous visualization and integration of physical and social factors in in-situ CEM contexts, rather than studying an abstract case from a textbook with static images and text.

Authors

• Ivan Mutis, Illinois Institute of Technology

• Pasha Antonenko, University of Florida