A “Virtual-Real Integration” Teaching Model for Core Materials Courses Based on Multi-Course Integration

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10.2991/978-94-6239-691-3_52How to use a DOI?

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Teaching reform; Multi-course integration; Virtual-real integration; Industry-education collaboration; Engineering competency

Abstract

Facing the urgent demand for engineering practice and digital capabilities under the New Engineering initiative, long-standing issues in traditional foundational courses for Materials Science and Engineering-such as fragmented knowledge and disconnection from industrial practice-persist. Guided by the core principles of “virtual-real integration and industry-education collaboration”, this study constructs a systematic four-in-one teaching reform framework of “concept reshaping, curriculum restructuring, pedagogical innovation, and evaluation transformation” (CCPE). By deeply integrating three courses-Engineering Drawing, Mechanics of Materials, and Computer Applications in Materials Science-and designing vertically integrated teaching projects centered on typical engineering components, a complete competency-training loop of “design-analysis-simulation-validation” has been established. The reform explores a “virtual-real complementary” learning path in which simulation results and mechanical theory reinforce each other. Teaching practice, evaluated through the Engineering Education Accreditation (EEA) achievement analysis across three consecutive rounds, demonstrates significant improvement in student learning outcomes: students below the 0.7 threshold decreased from over 50% to only seven. The reform substantially enhances students’ engineering thinking, knowledge integration capabilities, and industry relevance, providing a viable pathway for foundational course reform in materials-related majors.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ting Yuan
AU  - Miao Ba
AU  - Ming-ming Zuo
AU  - Quancheng Zhang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/31
TI  - A “Virtual-Real Integration” Teaching Model for Core Materials Courses Based on Multi-Course Integration
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Educational Innovation and Multimedia Technology (EIMT 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 516
EP  - 523
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-691-3_52
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-691-3_52
ID  - Yuan2026
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