A U.S. manufacturer of 3-D printers has created a
customizable 3-D printing curriculum for instructors teaching science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. The 14-week course provides
educators with supporting presentations, 3-D models, and grading tools that can
be continuously refreshed.
Best of all, the courses from Stratasys Ltd. are free.
Materials for the semester-long college course are
downloadable and designed to help instructors prepare their students for careers using 3-D
printing technology. The first course, Introduction to 3-D Printing: From
Design to Fabrication, familiarizes students with the history of 3-D printing
and its applications, while providing hands-on experience in design. Two more
courses are planned, covering material memory, multimaterial use, and 3-D printing
for robotics.
“The introductory materials on 3-D printing that
Stratasys offers, from the slide presentations to the videos, were impressive,”
Chee Feng Ping, a lecturer at Temasek Polytechnics in Singapore, said in a
report in eCampus News. “The students enjoy the hands-on activities, especially the design
process with 3-D printing.”