Training material for developing 3D printers. EU-Programme Erasmus+, Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

E3d+ project

3D Printing in VET aims to introduce the use of 3D Printers in Vocational Education and Training in Europe. In order to introduce the 3D printers in vocational schools and institutes in partners countries, the project consortium will explore the status quo on training structures in different EU countries and develop a highly innovative, internationally competitive training programme on 3D printing use.

3DP-VET-Project

Multiplyer Event 09/2021

Pilot Training 09/2021

Das Vorhaben untersucht grundlegende Fragen zur geometrisch-semantischen Ausprägung von virtuellen Räumen. Diese Fragen resultieren aus den in der Corona-Pandemie gemachten Beobachtungen, dass virtuelle Arbeitsumgebungen sich etablieren und bisher keine grundlegenden Untersuchungen zum Aufbau und der Struktur mehrdimensionaler virtueller Arbeitsräume hinsichtlich ihrer Anforderungen an Wahrnehmungspsychologie, Effizienz und Akzeptanz vorliegen.

Die Auswirkungen der Pandemie verändern die Arbeits- und Lebenswelten der Gesellschaft grundlegend. Sie hat offengelegt, in welchen Bereichen unsere Gesellschaft Schwachstellen hinsichtlich Digitalisierung und virtuellen Arbeitsumgebungen aufweist. Diese Unzulänglichkeiten betreffen nicht nur die Leistungsfähigkeit der zur Verfügung stehenden Infrastrukturen und deren flächendeckenden Durchdringung, sondern auch deren ungenügende Akzeptanz in der Gesellschaft. Das Vorhaben fokussiert diesen Aspekt und geht dabei von folgenden Annahmen aus:

• Die verfügbaren virtuellen Arbeitsumgebungen orientieren sich an der Nachbildung von real gebauten Arbeitsumgebungen.
• Die Aufstellung dreidimensionaler virtueller Räumlichkeiten bildet unreflektiert ausschließlich reale Vorbilder ab.
• Dabei wird vernachlässigt, dass virtuelle Arbeitsumgebungen andere Anforderungen an ihre räumliche Organisation und deren Anordnung aufweisen können und müssen.
• Durch das reine Nachahmen und  Übertragen von realen Metaphern in virtuelle Arbeitsumgebungen werden die Potentiale virtueller Welten nicht genutzt.
• Die aktuell verfügbaren Untersuchungen zur Architekturwahrnehmung adressieren ausschließlich reale Gebäude und Räume.

Während in der klassischen Architekturtheorie die Mechanismen der Raumwahrnehmung bekannt sind und in der gebauten Umwelt umgesetzt werden, sind wahrnehmungspsychologische Aspekte in virtuellen Architekturen weitgehend unbekannt und wenig untersucht. Das Vorhaben widmet sich dieser Fragestellung und erstellt damit Grundlagen für eine fundierte Entwicklung barrierefreier virtueller Räume und deren interaktiven Nutzung auf Basis wahrnehmungspsychologischer Erkenntnisse bereit.

E3D+VET tool aims to be a sustainable open tool to support the teachers in educating students in 3D printing and different subjects using the 3D printing. It’ll also provide the teachers the necessary guides and tools to feed the software application in the future with own exercises and will make the educational centres do not necessary depend on their own 3D printers machines by using 3rd party services. The project will also take advantage of different face to face workshops to improve the intellectual outputs of the project.

E3d+VET-Project

Gestengesteuerte Mensch-Maschine Interaktion für Architekten auf Grundlage kostengünstiger Trackingsysteme

INTRUST develops green skills strategies for the wood and furniture sector, specifically about how to achieve ecolabels and pass green certifications. The learners will become leaders of the green change not only by supporting the enterprises in achieving those labels but also raising awareness about the benefits for those companies. It will support the digital transformation of enterprises of the forestry and wood sector by developing brand new training units about Industry 4.0 solutions applied to the value chain. The project will target Higher Education and VET tertiary level students that will be able to apply those solutions in those companies and will allow those staff to achieve a digital mindset to undertake the digital transformation of the enterprises.

Im Rahmen des Projekts wurde ein Prototyp entwickelt, mit dem virtuelle Objekte haptisch-visuell
dargestellt und mit Hilfe von Gestenerkennung manipuliert werden kann. Für die visuelle Darstellung wird
 das Head-mounted Display Oculus Rift verwendet und mit einem ein Leapmotion Controller zur Gestenerkennung kombiniert. Das haptische Feedback wir durch die Modifikation von Handschuhen mit handelsüblichen Vibrationsmotoren konzipiert und umgesetzt. Die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Anordnung wurde hinsichtlich ihrer Eignung zur Darstellung und Interaktion von Sehgeschädigten mit virtuellen Objekten evaluiert.

Kombinierte audio-haptische Unterstützung in der räumlichen Navigation von Sehgeschädigten

MAKING 4.0 aims to establish a European-Asian collaborative consortium in order to develop an innovative curriculum to modernize the current training offer, around Industry 4.0, in the countries of Malaysia and Sri Lanka that will allow on the one hand to improve the sustainability of the industry in each of the countries, and on the other to strengthen ways of collaboration and development between European and Asian universities.

MAKING 4.0 project

SAMANTHA project wants to anticipate with this up/reskilling strategy, especially in VET (Vocational Education Training) field because the current European VET offer has to respond to such challenges and take advantage of great opportunities ahead as the gap that exists in the Toolmaking and Habitat sector. For this reason, SAMANTHA aims to develop a novel training program addressing the mismatched high-tech T-shaped skills for proper implementation of AM in the value chains  f such sectors through high qualified workers.sector. For this reason, SAMANTHA aims to develop a novel training program addressing the mismatched high-tech T-shaped skills for proper implementation of AM in the value chains of such sectors through high qualified workers. 

www.samantha-project.eu

Samantha Pilot Training Report

TOURINGS - Innovative Training Solution for the Installation of Collaborative Robotics in Manufacturing Sectors - considers different features of Collaborative Robotics; technical aspects, human-robot interaction, installation in the assembly line or robot design aspects. Collaborative Robotics make assembly lines more flexible, but it is important to install them without disrupting the balance of the production line. TOURINGS will address cycle times and process reengineering in the assembly line, it will cover ergonomics assessment of the human-robot interaction by following the ISO/TS 15066, Human Digital models and Human Digital Simulations along with the RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) method. The project will also cover technical aspects in different robots' module and behaviour design or workstation design. 
TOURINGS consists of six entities covering Higher Education and Vocational Education and Traning institutions, Research Centres and a National Standardisation Body, introducing different expertise related to Collaborative Robotics, teaching, human resources management, assembly line management, ICT tools and Project Management. This collaboration is addressed to significant labour and societal challenges like work-related musculoeskeletal disorders (WMSDs) or lack of knowledge of human-robot interaction

The Bios4You project aims to bridge the gap between the STEM national curricula icnluding the contents of Sience ,Technology , Engineering and Mathemathics and the needs of Z-generation students, apathetic/ uninterested to basic themes , but enthusiastic in concerns related to environmental , social and health issues.In this case, developing Bios4You methodology for school curriculum and setting up of the pedagogical scenarios for the design and creation of teaching/ learning modules is the main aim.

In respect to the aim , these sections had been foreseen :

• Methodological and didactic background
• Expected results and tools for evaluation and recognition of the learning outcomes.
• Formal description of the methodology and of the included modules-non-formal learning, self-produced e-learning modules, teamwork and team building , system engineering and project management
• Guidelines for actual application in different countries and sectors
• Requirement and guidelines for the methodology update and improvement, based on actual experiences and continuing, community-basd and the state of the art and benchmarking
• Participation and operation rules for community management platform

Based on the two stages :

• A practical exchanges of best practices, based on UNIPA experiences for the learning part and the KIT/KTU competences on the industrial and world of work link including the implementation of a first edition of multidiciplinary class at each partner site, accompained by Staff Mobility to experience hands-on the different actual applications and collaboration in the analysis and developement of methodology specifications
• The second one is the actual implementation of a unique distributed multidiciplinary cleass performed with heavy use of online collaboration tools.

The following activities have been done:

• Analysing national STEM curricula for school students from 14-18 years old
• Specifying pedagogical requirements for the Bios4You educational material
• Producng Bios4You methodology and tools creation based on active learning innovative methodology for school curricula.

The aim of FURN360 is to develop and implement a common curriculum and training content focused in the office and contract furniture sectors for implementing strategies able to ease the transition to a circular model and therefore:

• Design towards life cycle.
• New services/departments that can be created (maintenance, spare components, etc.).
• New business models and opportunities that Circular Economy can bring to the sector: B2B (hotel and catering, private hospitals, clinics etc.), B2G (Governments) or even C2C (sharing platforms).

FURN360 project

The crisis triggered by the Corona pandemic has clearly shown european countries the importance of the competent use of digital tools and communication media for our society. Due to the required social distancing, virtual communication channels, such as video conferences, synchronous and asynchronous cooperation, have gained enormously in importance and are crucial for the social integration of people in times of crisis.

A large proportion of people living in Europe can handle these tools well and already use them in profession and private lives. However, one group of the population particularly affected by the effects of the Corona crisis remains excluded from modern digital communication channels: old and very old people are often not able to use the current media and communication channels to a sufficient extent.These circumstances have fatal consequences for the integration of this group into society, especially in times of enforced quarantine and social distancing. They continue to become lonely and lose contact to their relatives and society in general.

There are 3 main reasons for this:

1. digital tools and media are not adapted to the special needs of the elderly.

2. there are insufficient training programmes for very old people, which could introduce and enable them to use digital tools and media

3. teachers are not well enough trained in the didactic requirements for training very old people

GANYMED reacts to this situation and postulates that this deficit is best addressed by better training of teachers. Therefore GANYMED develops and evaluates didactic systems, contents and structures for teachers in the age-appropriate education of very old people in the field of digital communication and media using the methods of geragogy (science of education in old age). The materials and didactic concepts created are intended to enable teachers to convey the dynamic content and potential of digital media and communication in an age-appropriate manner on a well-founded basis, thus enabling the 70+ generation to participate in digitization. The project results will be spread by GANYMED community platform and will be distributed in Europe as Open Education Resources. The project results can then make a valuable contribution to the integration of the 70+ generation in society in times of crisis and beyond.

The main objectives of the Bios4You AR 2.0 project is to sensitise young students to STEM issues related to Bio-Sciences, Bio-Engineering, Bio-Architecture, Bio-Technology, Bio-Photonics, etc and create innovative educational materials thanks to the use of new AR technologies in such a way as to make all much more engaging both from the point of view of learning and teaching by teachers.

Implementation: What activities are you going to implement?

The activities of the project that will be implemented are:
- Development of methodologies and guidelines for using AR technology in STEM education with Gamifying content.
- Updating existing units with AR exercises, creating 42 new units in English incorporating AR and gamification, and testing the units in schools through organised LTTAs.
- Organisation and implementation of 4 international webinars to present project results and promote the use of the methodology among a wider school network.