BLENDED TEACHING FOR ADVANCED KNITTING TECHNOLOGIES

The paper highlights a complementary way of studying the electronic flat knitting technologies developments, through the e-learning module of "Advanced Knitting Technologies", developed within the project Adan2Tex, financed by EU Commission through the Erasmus + programme. The chapter focuses on the description of the electronic flat knitting machine components and functions, main trajectories and effects. The complex nature of the loop forming mechanism has been elucidated through the animations and the simulations of the different elements cam tracks. A specialized software able to perform various tasks for reaching the objectives of the engineering process of the knitted, it is also presented. The module highlights different aspects associated with the 3D shaping methods and various examples are presented, to strengthen the potential in diverse industrial sector from clothing to home textile and advanced composites. In order to assess the level of the acquired knowledge, three sets of multiple choices questions, having various degrees of difficulty, have been produced and complete the entire module. The benefits of the blended teaching are multi faceted. Beside a better communication between professor and students, an increased understanding of the subjects, a better self esteem achieved through the personal study rhythm, a higher responsibility is shifted to the students.