Χρήση κινούμενων σχεδίων με τρισδιάστατες απεικονίσεις, για τη διδασκαλία των εννοιών των στερεών και των κρυσταλλικών δομών τους, στην Τριτοβάθμια Εκπαίδευση

Abstract

The paper focuses on the presentation and study of the concepts of solids and their respective crystal structures, in the course of General and Inorganic Chemistry in Higher Education. These concepts require students to understand high-level mental processes, as they have the spatial ability and the cognitive skills to make the appropriate connections from microcosm to macrocosm. For this purpose, digital educational material has been developed that incorporates 3D visualizations with possibilities of rotation, magnification, and reduction of structures. Moreover, the combination of interactive cartoons with 3D animations was used to create applications that run both online and locally and that have full capabilities in windows and android as they make it technically easier and more attractive to the user / student to study concepts of high cognitive load. Aimed at the General and Inorganic Chemistry course taught at the National Technical University of Athens, the concepts of solids were chosen with their respective crystal structures, aiming to make students acquainted with certain physical chemical properties through the construction of appropriate educational digital material.