They need students who know how to acquire new knowledge as they go along in the job. The first wave of projects supported by EduTech is clustered into five areas. Four of the nine funded studies promote innovations in design education. Such a focus is natural, given Georgia Tech's emphasis on engineering. These technologies are ideal vehicles for introducing project-based learning into the classroom, according to Kolodner.
Students can work as designers, learning from mistakes, without damaging consequences.
But we can provide simulation environments. One project focuses on the development of a computer aid for teaching architectural design. One way students can use the system is to locate cases that deal with problems their designs must address. For instance, they can ask Archie to call up all designs that deal with conflicting values of courtroom security and ease of public access. Another way to tap the system's resources would be to ask for examples of a certain kind of building or building component, and see what difficulties other architects have encountered.