Web-Based Timesheets for Architecture Design Students

Abstract

Skills in time management are highly important to professional architects but rarely obtained through an architectural education. A Web-based application for collecting time data from architecture students can achieve multiple benefits to students and educators and perhaps remedy the problem. Several versions of the application have been written and tested. The next phase of research will include a widespread distribution of the Web service to collect data from many schools, courses, and students. Data collected using the software will reveal behavior patterns of architecture students and also provide empirical evidence to validate theories of design process.