Abstract:

In the last years, Spanish universities’ teaching methodologies are being steadily adapted to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), developing in this way a range of skills on the students, which they will need for the professional profile required by the international job market.

In the 2014-15 course, using the International Competition Educational Innovation Projects proposed by the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), sponsored by major brands of 3D printing and industrial sector such as professional associations, financial institutions, technology companies and companies as well as a jury of recognized international prestige, from companies, design agencies, public education managers, internationally renowned professionals. The Higher Technical School of Engineering and Industrial Design (ETSIDI) proposed the application of a methodology based on POL. Both undergraduates students of in the subjects of: Prototyping, Digitization and Design as Postgraduate students in the subjects of Prototyping and Scanning. All subjects were focused on obtaining a complete design of a machine 3D printing. All projects had to include aesthetic design of the casing of the printer.

During the course students were motivating increasingly working subjects many more hours than set by the curriculum, obtaining not only better ratings than in previous years, but the acquisition of skills (technical knowledge, skills and attitudes) identified in these subjects.

Keywords:

Education practice, Experiences in education, Project oriented learning, Competition.