An innovative computer‐aided educational tool for structural dynamics entitled “SDET” is developed to help students understand the idealization of the physical structure into a single‐degree‐of‐freedom (SDOF) system with five predefined example templates. The SDOF system then can be analyzed for a different combination of initial conditions and loadings using SDET. This tool can enhance the teaching/learning process leading to increase in engineering judgment and physical understanding of mathematical concepts involved in the subject.

CALSIDOF, a self‐learning tool based on juxtaposition comparative visualization pedagogy is developed and implemented for structural dynamics. The assessment of the effectiveness of the tool was carried out using a questionnaire survey. This survey indicates that the comparative visualization pedagogy approach of CALSIDOF can help in understanding and excite the interest in the subject.

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