Step away from the CAD station: A hands-on and immersive approach to second year teaching of Mechanical Engineering design

Peter Dorrington; Will Harrison; Helen Brown; Marc Holmes; Rhian Kerton

doi:10.1255/vrar2018.ch3

Step away from the CAD station: A hands-on and immersive approach to second year teaching of Mechanical Engineering design

Peter Dorrington, Will Harrison, Helen Brown, Marc Holmes, Rhian Kerton

Swansea University

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The purpose of this paper is to present a new methodology to enhance creativity within the context of learning and teaching in an engineering
design module in the College of Engineering at Swansea University. The challenges to introducing creativity into an engineering undergraduate
course are explored, with the main intervention—Virtual Reality for concept development—investigated through pre- and post-intervention
surveys, student interviews and a focus group. Additional interventions to enhance creativity are discussed and future improvements to module
design put forward.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Virtual and Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Conference
Editors	Rhian Kerton, Joanne Hudson
Place of Publication	Chichester
Publisher	IM Publications Open
Pages	15
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-906715-28-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-906715-30-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1255/vrar2018.ch3
Publication status	Published - May 2019

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Dorrington, P., Harrison, W., Brown, H., Holmes, M., & Kerton, R. (2019). Step away from the CAD station: A hands-on and immersive approach to second year teaching of Mechanical Engineering design. In R. Kerton, & J. Hudson (Eds.), Proceedings of the Virtual and Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Conference (pp. 15). IM Publications Open. https://doi.org/10.1255/vrar2018.ch3

Step away from the CAD station: A hands-on and immersive approach to second year teaching of Mechanical Engineering design. / Dorrington, Peter; Harrison, Will; Brown, Helen et al.
Proceedings of the Virtual and Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Conference . ed. / Rhian Kerton; Joanne Hudson. Chichester: IM Publications Open, 2019. p. 15.

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Dorrington, P, Harrison, W, Brown, H, Holmes, M & Kerton, R 2019, Step away from the CAD station: A hands-on and immersive approach to second year teaching of Mechanical Engineering design. in R Kerton & J Hudson (eds), Proceedings of the Virtual and Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Conference . IM Publications Open, Chichester, pp. 15. https://doi.org/10.1255/vrar2018.ch3

Dorrington P, Harrison W, Brown H, Holmes M, Kerton R. Step away from the CAD station: A hands-on and immersive approach to second year teaching of Mechanical Engineering design. In Kerton R, Hudson J, editors, Proceedings of the Virtual and Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Conference . Chichester: IM Publications Open. 2019. p. 15 doi: 10.1255/vrar2018.ch3

Dorrington, Peter ; Harrison, Will ; Brown, Helen et al. / Step away from the CAD station: A hands-on and immersive approach to second year teaching of Mechanical Engineering design. Proceedings of the Virtual and Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Conference . editor / Rhian Kerton ; Joanne Hudson. Chichester : IM Publications Open, 2019. pp. 15

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