Abstract
This work has come about as a result of an attempt to improve educational practices by taking advantage of research experience in the field of additive manufacturing technologies. As a result of the work carried out, an open educational resources project was developed by the group of educational innovation Ingeniería de Fabricación of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It consists of interactive teaching material adapted to the new international standards that regulate these technologies and includes a methodology for selecting the most appropriate technology for the specific application. In this paper, we describe the co-creation process that was carried out with students in order to develop the resources, as well as a description of the didactic material itself together with its interactive elements. An analysis of its use in various academic courses is included and also an evaluation of its impact, both in teaching a specific subject and in other training activities. Our findings indicate that the process has led to the production of didactic materials that present content in an attractive way and which, in combination with active methodologies, noticeably improves students’ learning experiences, and is also considered a successful experience in open educational practices.
Highlights
Open education aims to allow access to educational, scientific, and cultural information without economic, technical, or legal restrictions [1]
The first one describes in some detail the interactive teaching material developed within these open educational practices, as well as the methodology for selecting additive manufacturing technologies that it includes
In response to the different needs of these users, the interactive teaching material (ITM) has been designed in such a way as to facilitate reading by any of these groups whilst allowing the more expert users the option to delve into more specialised content on Additive Manufacturing (AM)
Summary
Open education aims to allow access to educational, scientific, and cultural information without economic, technical, or legal restrictions [1]. The concept of openness to freedom of use, dissemination, learning and collaboration in the generation of any type of didactic material is extended, and, in this context, referred to as open educational resources (OER) These are very varied digitised materials that are freely and openly offered to teachers, students, self-educated people and researchers to use and reuse in teaching, learning, and research. Open educational practices (OEP) is a broad term that describes practices including the creation, use, and reuse of OER as well as open pedagogies and open sharing of teaching practices [5] The generation of this knowledge through methodologies that promote participation, collaboration, and openness to different agents such as students, teachers, researchers, companies and institutions, constitute very valuable experiences for the open education movement [6]
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