Use of Advanced Technology Videotapes in the Delivery of Structural Engineering Courses

A teaching and learning development project is currently under way at Queens-land University of Technology to develop advanced technology videotapes for use with the delivery of structural engineering courses. These tapes consist of integrated computer and laboratory simulations of important concepts, and behaviour of structures and their components for a number of structural engineering subjects. They will be used as part of the regular lectures and thus will not only improve the quality of lectures and learning environment, but also will be able to replace the ever-dwindling laboratory teaching in these subjects. The use of these videotapes, developed using advanced computer graphics, data visualization and video technologies, will enrich the learning process of the current diverse engineering student body. This paper presents the details of this new method, the methodology used, the results and evaluation in relation to one of the structural engineering subjects, steel structures.     

新武吕溪水质监测之初步研究

台东县海端乡之新武吕溪,具有深潭、急濑和稳流等各种不同的河床型态,以及巨石、卵石、砾石与泥沙等底质材料,也因此新武吕溪蕴含丰富鱼类资源,但因垂钓者众多,水中生态渐渐受到破坏,为了保护珍贵的鱼类资源,海端乡公所于1999年3月公告禁止垂钓,进而开始执行溪流保育工作。因此,本研究着手调查保护区内水文及地文资料,并长期进行水质监测,调查成果如下：自2003年9月至2005年10月之pH值有降低趋势;保护区内在丰水期与枯水期期间之浊度有明显的区分;而温度的高低决定溶氧量含量,但调查结果中,温度变化不大,但溶氧量的变化却相当明显,故需再进行细部探讨;电导度与水中之溶存物质(NaCl)成反比,调查结果此现象于新武吕溪较明显。本研究之目的,希望藉由长期观测,减少仪器观测误差,而更有利于新武吕溪保护区之水质管理,并建立保护区内最佳指标值。     

电子资源管理的挑战及管理策略的实践

面对快速增长的电子资源和电子学习等环境的转变,高校图书馆必须在整体管理和发展的策略上积极配合。在电子资源方面,需要发展新的管理模式,作长远规划管理。文章主要分享香港中文大学图书馆如何面对电子资源的挑战及实践管理策略的经验。     

The Impact of Metaphor on Clinical Hypothesis Formation and Perceived Supervisor Characteristics

An analogue methodology was used to examine clinical hypothesis formation and perceived supervisor characteristics when metaphorical or literal language was used by a counselor supervisor.