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2013 » Papers » Volume 3 » An e-learning course on Smart Textiles enabled by TriTex 1. AN E-LEARNING COURSE ON SMART TEXTILES ENABLED BY TRITEX Authors: Hertleer Carla, Louwagie Johanna, Cochrane Cedric, Rochery Marilyne Volume 3 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-13-268 | Pages: 334-337 | Download PDF | Abstract
The TRITex project (Transfer of Research and Innovations in Textiles)frames in the Interreg IV programme which stimulates cross-regional cooperation between France, the Walloon provinces and Flandres. The TRITex partners are the Flemish Department of Textiles of Ghent University and ENSAIT, a French engineering school.They collaborate to promote the use of communication and information technologies for teaching in order to diffuse knowledge in the field of smart textiles.
The main goal of the TRITexproject is to develop ane-learningcourse which is remotelyavailable through a digital platform from Ghent University. The e-learning course consists of two modules, the first one on Functional and Smart Textile Materials, and the second one, building on the knowledge acquired in the first module, on Smart Textile Systems. The entire course gives the trainee a profound insight in the working principals of smart textiles and is completed with examples of prototypes and commercially available products. Throughout the course, online interaction with the teachers of the course is possible. At the end, the acquired information is tested through an extensive assessment at the end of each module. To our knowledge, there is no equivalent resource available on the net in this research area, while there is a need to it because of the continuous emergence of smart textiles. The target group for this e-learning course on smart textiles is people working in the textile industry wanting to sharpen their knowledge on new and advanced technologies.
The first module has been officially launched in December 2012, while the second module is to be launched in April 2013. | Keywords
textiles , online interaction, elearning course |
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