ON-LINE COURSE FOR STUDYING THE LOOP FORMING PROCESS IN KNITTING TECHNOLOGY
ON-LINE COURSE FOR STUDYING THE LOOP FORMING PROCESS IN KNITTING TECHNOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the paper is to improve available learning tools by applying ICT in learning the basics of knitting technology by designing and implementing a computer-assisted course and its corresponding laboratory activities. The developed content is applied in both course and practical activities included in the course “Knitting Technology Fundamentals” for the 3rd year of study in the “Knitting and Clothing Technology” specialization at the Faculty of Textiles, Leather and Industrial Management from the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, Romania. The new on-line course includes visual contents as animations and video clips that increase learners’ level of understanding. The contents provided are designed as virtual learning environments, allowing students to access to the course content either on-line or off-line. For this course, the following interactive tools are available to the students: schematic drawings coloured with interactive areas that give additional technical information about the knitting elements involved in the loop forming process (knitting needles of bearded and latch types, sinkers, yarn carriers) and the knitting machine type that uses the presented loop formation processes, interactive buttons for opening windows containing representative photos and explicative texts, animations, videos and self-evaluation and evaluation tests at the end of each module. In order to produce all these deliverables, certain programmes were used: CorelDraw for drawings and schemes, Corel Rave for animations and Hot Potatoes for quizzes.

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