Virtual^2 - Simulation practical course in digital space

Abstract

In the practical course for the course Simulation Technology, there is the challenge of creating the conditions for working on the tasks at home, especially in digital teaching. On the other hand, the individual requirements and abilities of the students must be taken into account in the sense of sustainable teaching. One approach to solving this problem is the digital method of the flipped classroom, in which students are individually responsible for working through the material using prepared materials such as explanatory videos. For this purpose, the student version of the simulation software Simcenter Femap is used, which is available to the students free of charge on their Windows PC at home. The actual practical training time is used in the application phase in the form of consultations and digital group work according to the active plenum method to consolidate and deepen the acquired knowledge.

This method offers a number of advantages in terms of didactic challenges such as different learning paces of the students or activation of the students. In particular, the digital group work in the form of an active plenum was very well received by the students, so that many elements of this teaching format will also be retained in the return to increased presence teaching.