Use of 3d technology in knowledge sharing and the inclusion of visually impaired students
International Journal of Development Research
Use of 3d technology in knowledge sharing and the inclusion of visually impaired students
Received 07th June, 2019; Received in revised form 03rd July, 2019; Accepted 08th August, 2019; Published online 28th September, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Graciele R. Moreira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The interaction between people favor the exercise to create, share and manage knowledge. In education this is no different, because the school has as purpose the building and knowledge sharing. Arriving at the school, students bring their baggage of knowledge, skills, difficulties and shortcomings. In this context, the article presents a case study in order to understand how the use of 3D printing technology can support the sharing of knowledge among high school students of a state school in Paraná, for the reproduction of works of art media they can be understood by the blind. The research is of applied nature with a qualitative approach, where the product was the creation of a work of art in 3D format, which can be interpreted by the visually impaired. The procedure adopted was to conduct a case study in the said school students, and one of those visually impaired. This research thus contributes to the effective inclusion of the visually impaired, making them active subjects in the construction and sharing of knowledge.
