What do Students Get Out of Solid Modeling Video Demonstrations?

This is a continuing examination of moving an introductory engineering graphics course from face-to-face to a hybrid or blended format. In this study the researchers took a first look at how students used the online resources related to solid modeling instruction. Online video demonstrations were placed within a learning management system (LMS) so that faculty could more accurately determine how students were using the resources. Selected student modeling exercises were evaluated for near and far learning transfer of concepts for two sections of the course. For early assignments during the semester, there does not appear to be a difference in model correctness between students who watched the video demonstrations and those who did not. The number of desired modeling concepts present in final projects was higher for students who watched more of the videos during the semester.