TRAINING IN COORDINATE METROLOGY – EXPERIENCES WITH A BLENDED LEARNING APPROACH

Roman Kuster, Michael Marxer, Enrico Savio, Simone Carmignato, Luis Rocha

Abstract

Quality management decisions require precise and reliable measuring results. In manufacturing and assembling processes, production metrology plays a significant role in generating such results. For this reason, coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) are used more and more often due to their universality and flexibility. The quality of results generated by CMMs is highly dependent on the skills of the CMM operators. In order to minimize technicians' influence, they need to be provided with the necessary knowledge to carry out such tasks. <BR />Efforts to introduce training at a national level led to the European project EUKOM, which developed a usercentred training course using new learning methods to meet the demands of CMM operators. This project led to the foundation of the registered association CMTrain. Today, this association offers manufacturer-independent courses in coordinate metrology and it is continually improving learning methods and learning contents.<BR />The courses combine face-to-face teaching, workshops and online learning in a blended learning environment. Using this concept, certified education and lifelong learning can be supported independent of the location of the students and available infrastructure.<BR />Experiences gained with this training approach regarding users, tutors, training providers and developers as well as the application of new technical approaches such as mobile learning, new distribution channels for learning content and new possibilities for hands-on remote learning are discussed in this paper.

Keywords

training, coordinate metrology, Blended Learning

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TC14 - Measurement of Geometrical Quantities

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