Utilization of Unisim Design Tool for Enhanced Learning and Assessment in Engineering Education

Abstract

Virtual and augmented tools have revolutionized the changes in teaching styles and curriculum design of engineering education irrespective of the disciplines. These tools aims at improving their learning skills, bridge the gap between instructional laboratory experiments & open ended research experiments and initiate for student centred learning. Many initiatives for development of virtual labs from different universities across the world have proved that virtual reality can be one of the important tools in engineering education by bringing experience based learning in students. This article aims to project the applicability of virtual experiments as an important tool for learning and assessment of self-study component. Unisim Design tool is used to develop virtual experiments for core courses. These virtual experiments can be used as one of the self-assessment tools for all laboratory based courses in engineering education. A methodology for the assessment is proposed.