Design and Development of 3D Printed Teaching Aids for Architecture Education

Abstract

This article describes how the implementation of 3D printing in classrooms has brought many opportunities to educators as it provides affordability and accessibility in creating and customizing teaching aids. The study reports on the process of fabricating teaching aids for architecture education using 3D printing technologies. The practice-based research intended to illustrate the making process from initial planning, 3D modeling to 3D printing with practical examples, and addresses the potential induced by the technologies. Based on the investigation into the current state of 3D printing technologies in education, limitations were identified before the making process. The researchers created 3D models in both digital and tangible forms and the process was documented in textual and pictorial formats. It is expected that the research findings will serve as a guideline for other educators to create 3D printed teaching aids, particularly architectural forms.

The Role of Teaching Aids in Higher Education to Counter the Emerging Coronavirus (COVID-19)

“…Moreover, there are a statistically significant differences between the dimensions of teaching aids in higher education to counter the emerging coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Results agree with Graham and Philips, 2010;Mostafa and Motahari, 2017;Song et al, 2018;Gad and Abd Ellatief, 2019.…”

“…Increasing learners' experiences, diversifying them, increasing their effectiveness, keeping pace with scientific progress, and the growth of human knowledge (O' Neill and McMahon, 2005). Increasing the speed of learning, as it achieves learning as soon as possible and with less effort, to other pedagogical gains that make educational means, especially modern ones, an essential and effective element in the modern educational process ( Song et al, 2018) .…”

“…Technologies used in the classroom: Whiteboardmini-lessons; Digital book; Videos; Internet; PowerPoint (Pritchard, 2007, Abdul Rasid, andBaharomb, 2011). Teaching aids by the internet helps students learn how to think about content, localize information, sort data, Analyze and organize information, classify information by context, think critically, create new thinking, ideas, and decisions and express themselves (Song et al, 2018).…”

“…Evaluating the role of educational aids in supporting higher education is highly recommended to counter the emerging Coronavirus -and the technical support provided by higher education -and the content of distance learning aids -and the scientific material presented in educational aids quality -and activating the role of teaching aids for their role in supporting higher education to counter the Coronavirus emerging. The questionnaire was developed based on prior studies (Abdul Rasid and Baharomb, 2011;Kumar, 2017;Mostafa and Motahari, 2017;Song et al, 2018;Karabag, (2019) ;Hafiz, et al, (2020);Fuchs, 2020a;Reeves et al, 2020;World Health Organization, 2020). A pilot study was conducted in this study in February during the second semester of the year 2019-2020.…”

“…Any means, human or non-human, that transmits a message from the source of learning to the learner and uses it functionally in achieving learning goals. All that the lecturer uses in his teaching makes his lesson more exciting and exciting for his students, and to make the educational experience that these students go through, living, purposeful and direct experience at the same time (Song et al, 2018). In other words, "It is every means that helps the lecturer to present new experiences to his pupils in a more operative and effective way" (O'Neill and McMahon, 2005) .…”