Moving to Rapid CAD Training

1 Oliver Turley, Department of Architecture and Product Design, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton, UK, [email protected] 2 David Heesom, Department of Architecture and Product Design, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton, UK, [email protected] Anthony Felton, Department of Architecture and Product Design, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton, UK , [email protected] Abstract By facing the demands of teaching quality and satisfaction of mass student numbers in Fundamental Computer Aided Design (CAD) courses, the role of the university as course provider to maintain quality, as a perennial player of teaching, is challenged. The champion usually focuses on increasing the investment on numbers of staff, facilities and the ultimate costs. However, with elearning becoming a readily available technology in place today, this study carried out a series of investigations on the effectiveness of current teaching methods in ordinary CAD training and on the possible e-solutions in maximising the learning and training objectives. Through the phase of rethinking traditional methods of CAD training, a rapid learning mechanism is applied to deliver new adequate e-resources and Computer Aided Assessment (CAA) quality control in supporting teaching and learning. The aim of this project is to setup a systematic, standardised, and sustainable e-learning mechanism that could be deployed for mass student numbers without losing the quality of teaching and at the meantime, achieve the goal of effectiveness and efficiency.