Integrating 3D printing into teaching and learning : : practitioners' perspectives / / edited by Nagla Ali and Myint Swe Khine.

• Superior document: Contemporary approaches to research in learning innovations ; 13
• TeilnehmendeR: Ali, Nagla, 1971-; Khine, Myint Swe,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill Sense,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary approaches to research in learning innovations ; 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Three dimensional or 3D printing technology is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. Currently, low cost and affordable 3D printers enable teachers, schools, and higher education institutions to make 3D printing a part of the curriculum. Integrating 3D printing into the curriculum provides an opportunity for students to collaboratively discuss, design, and create 3D objects. The literature reveals that there are numerous advantages of integrating 3D printing into teaching and learning. Educators recommend that 3D printing should be introduced to the students at a young age to teach STEM concepts, develop creativity and engage in team work – essential skills for the 21st century work force. This edited volume documents recent attempts to integrate 3D printing into the curriculum in schools and universities and research on its efficacies and usefulness from the practitioners' perspectives. It unveils the exemplary works by educators and researchers in the field highlighting the current trends, theoretical and practical aspects of 3D printing in teaching and learning. Contributors are: Waleed K. Ahmed, Issah M. Alhamad, Hayder Z. Ali, Nagla Ali, Hamad AlJassmi,Jason Beach, Jennifer Buckingham, Michael Buckingham, Dean Cairns, Manisha Dayal, Muhammet Demirbilek, Yujiro Fujiwara, Anneliese Hulme, Myint Swe Khine, Lee Kenneth Jones, Jennifer Loy, Kehui Luo, Elena Novak, James I. Novak, Joshua Pearce, Dorothy Belle Poli, Chelsea Schelly, Min Jeong Song, Sylvia Stavridi, Lisa Stoneman, Goran Štrkalj, Mirjana Štrkalj, Pamela Sullivan, Jeremy Wendt, Stephanie Wendt, and Sonya Wisdom.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 3D Printing / Jeremy Wendt, Jason Beach and Stephanie Wendt -- 3D Printing in Early Childhood Classrooms / Pamela Sullivan -- Three-Dimensional Picto-Reconstructive Tinkering Tool for Creative Teaching / Sylvia Stavridi -- Developing 21st-Century Skills through STEM Integration and Global Collaboration Using 3D Printing and CAD / Yujiro Fujiwara and Lee Kenneth Jones -- Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of 3D Printing in Schools / Min Jeong Song -- 3D Printing Applications in Mechanical Engineering Education / Issah M. Alhamad, Waleed K. Ahmed, Hayder Z. Ali and Hamad AlJassmi -- Dragon STEAM / Dorothy Belle Poli, Lisa Stoneman, Jennifer Buckingham and Michael Buckingham -- Bridging the Social and Environmental Dimensions of Global Sustainability in STEM Education with Additive Manufacturing / Chelsea Schelly and Joshua Pearce -- Assessing Students’ Anatomical Knowledge on Bones, Commercial Models, and 3D Prints / Goran Štrkalj, Kehui Luo, Anneliese Hulme, Mirjana Štrkalj and Manisha Dayal -- Using 3D Printing to Enhance STEM Teaching and Learning / Sonya Wisdom and Elena Novak -- Moving 3D Printing beyond the Desktop within Higher Education / James I. Novak and Jennifer Loy -- A Case Study of Preparing Emirati Pre-Service Teachers to Integrate 3D Printing into Teaching and Learning / Nagla Ali, Dean Cairns, Myint Swe Khine and Muhammet Demirbilek.