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30 Sep THREE-D-PRINT

30 Sep, 2020

Posted at 12:23h in Employability and Entrepreneurship by Andrea Bedorin

THREE-D-Print project provided support for the educational and training challenges related to equipping the future workforce with relevant and needed skills to participate in the 3D printing revolution. The key focus was on providing an entry-level, easily accessible course that could motivate adults with fewer qualifications.

In THREE-D-Print we saw the (introductory) knowledge and (basic) use of 3D printing as a tool that can motivate, enable and empower adult learners. In terms of motivation and inspiration, it allows the user/learner to experience a rapid and easy materialization of the envisioned objects, it enables the production of parts that can be used in robotics training and ultimately empowers the user to master the skills that will be relevant and needed in the field of New Age Technologies. Finally, it can be used to foster creativity, innovation, experimentation and a DIY maker mentality that can be usefully employed in an entrepreneurial as well as an industrial setting.

Project partners have developed a 3D Printing Toolkit, which includes 3 main aspects:

INTRODUCTION TO 3D PRINTING: The Partnership has produced a guide on how to introduce 3D printing in adult education e.g. type of equipment required, 3D printers ‘best buys’, how to virtual 3D modelling in a PC and how to export the models to the 3D printer how to maintain the equipment, where to buy the materials etc. Published in March 2021.
TEACHING MATERIALS FOR TRAINERS: The Partnership has created a training programme on 3D printing for trainers, in order to provide them with the needed knowledge tools to develop a teaching programme on 3D printing in adult education. Published in January 2022.
PRACTICAL TOOLKIT FOR TEACHERS ON 3D-PRINTING: The Partnership has developed a teaching pack to enable adult educators to learn more about 3D printing and provide course materials for their adult students e.g. assignments, quizzes, general learning materials. Published in July 2022.

This was an important opportunity to give adult learners the expertise and competencies needed for societal development and individual development. We anticipate that over 1,000 institutions and adults can benefit from the outcomes of the project.

PROJECT PARTNERS