The educational program “Fun teaching of programming in 3D with virtual and augmented reality” is intended for high school students. 50 hours of teaching are prepared: this e-learning course (40 hours) is supplemented by five joint meetings, which will take place approximately monthly in face-to-face or online form (10 hours in total). The entire course takes about four months.
One of the key parts of the course is dedicated to 3D technologies, which include 3D printing, 3D modeling and 3D scanning. Students will get to know the principles of 3D modeling theoretically, learn how to create their own designs and how to use them in their final outputs. Instead of hands-on work with 3D printers, they will focus on understanding the technological processes associated with the production of physical models from digital designs. In addition, students will acquire theoretical 3D scanning techniques that will allow them to understand how real objects can be transferred into digital form without performing physical scans themselves.
The next, most important part of the course is programming in virtual and augmented reality, where students work with the CoSpaces Edu platform. This application allows you to easily create interactive projects and applications in a 3D environment that can be displayed both in virtual and augmented reality. Students will be guided step by step to create their own final projects. The aim of this part is not only to master technical skills, but also to support creativity and teamwork in the implementation of complex digital projects.
The output of the course participants will be, on the one hand, continuously completed tests verifying the understanding of the material discussed, but above all the final output of each participant’s work (or group output) – their own programmed project.
The educational program was created as part of the Czech-Bavarian project “Technology for the Future” (T4F).
