Technological Innovations
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University of Santo Tomas Blackboard Learn (e-LEAP) o The Blackboard e-Education platform is designed to enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology through the use of internet. o THE OFFERING of online courses through the e-Learning Access Program (e-LEAP) in 2003 was a milestone in UST education as it sho wcased the school’s pioneering drive to computerize its processes. o The National Service Training Program (NSTP) was one of the first to utilize this technology when it offered Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literary Training Service (LTS) courses fully online, complete with lectures, notes, assignments, discussion boards, announcements and a grade book for the first semester, enabling students to take examinations in their homes. o The e-LEAP also offered Web-Enhanced Courses (WEC) for faculties and colleges, which serve as supplementary education to the students. o The Thomasian academe responded well to e-LEAP, according to an official report showing how the number of e-LEAP users has been growing steadily since the program’s first year of operation. Earthquake resistant Main Building o Claimed to be the first earthquake-proof structure in the country, the Main Building endured four major earth- quakes in the last seven decades: 1937, 1968, 1970, and 1990. o Designed in 1923 by Fr. Roque Ruaño, a renowned engineer who went to Japan to study earthquake-resistant structures, the Main Bldg. could be the last structure standing in case a big quake hits UST. o The Main Bldg. incorporates a seismic design and adopted the engineering standards of Japan which makes it earthquake- proof. Moreover, the building is divided into 40 units with four or six piers strongly tied together, with seismic gaps of an inch filled with loose cement, to accommodate any movement in case of earthquakes.
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University of Santo Tomas Blackboard Learn (e-LEAP)o The Blackboard e-Education platform is designed to enable educational innovations
everywhere by connecting people and technology through the use of internet.o THE OFFERING of online courses through the e-Learning Access Program (e-LEAP) in
2003 was a milestone in UST education as it showcased the school’s pioneering drive to computerize its processes.
o The National Service Training Program (NSTP) was one of the first to utilize this technology when it offered Civic Welfare Training Service (CWTS) and Literary Training Service (LTS) courses fully online, complete with lectures, notes, assignments, discussion boards, announcements and a grade book for the first semester, enabling students to take examinations in their homes.
o The e-LEAP also offered Web-Enhanced Courses (WEC) for faculties and colleges, which serve as supplementary education to the students.
o The Thomasian academe responded well to e-LEAP, according to an official report showing how the number of e-LEAP users has been growing steadily since the program’s first year of operation.
Earthquake resistant Main Buildingo Claimed to be the first earthquake-proof structure in the country, the Main Building
endured four major earth- quakes in the last seven decades: 1937, 1968, 1970, and 1990.
o Designed in 1923 by Fr. Roque Ruaño, a renowned engineer who went to Japan to study earthquake-resistant structures, the Main Bldg. could be the last structure standing in case a big quake hits UST.
o The Main Bldg. incorporates a seismic design and adopted the engineering standards of Japan which makes it earthquake-proof. Moreover, the building is divided into 40 units with four or six piers strongly tied together, with seismic gaps of an inch filled with loose cement, to accommodate any movement in case of earthquakes.
Pile-driving method used for newly constructed AMV and TYK buildingso This modern method installs foundations by drilling them, instead of hammering, to
effectively resist forces like earth movement.o Architect Magno Salde Jr. of Recio-Casas Architects, which designed the AMV College of
Accountancy Building, said building designs should always comply with the Building Code of the Philippines. Soil testing and surveying the site locations should be done before any construction.
o The structural design should not compromise the safety of people. Lighter materials are used to avoid too much weight for the foundation
