Using 3D virtual technologies to train spatia skills in engineering

• Autores: Jorge Martín Gutiérrez, Melchor García Domínguez, Cristina Roca González
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 31, no. Extra 1 (Parte B), 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Engineering Education: Beyond Technical Skills Part II—Case Studies Linked to the Promotion of Specific Technical Skills), págs. 323-334
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Engineers are required to have good levels of spatial skills in order to operate in a professional environment. Consequently,we may state that spatial skills are a professional skill which engineers must acquire. In this work, a methodology based on3D virtual technologies and tools have been implemented in terms of the curriculum of the subject of EngineeringGraphics. The experimental study has been carried out with different groups of students from several engineering degreeswho studied that subject, using different 3D virtual technologies. Once the subject is completed, the results indicate thatthere is a significant difference between the spatial ability levels acquired by the groups which had 3D technology supportcompared with those which didn’t. Regardless of the technology used, the improvement is quite similar over both groups,without any significant differences. The academic performance of the students is much better on the part of those groupsusing these technologies compared with those who complete the course following traditional methods.