Use of haptic devices in education: A review

Document Type : Review Article

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1 Teaching Assistant, Mechanical engineering Dept, Engineering, Ismailia, Egypt

2 Professor, Mechanical engineering Dept, Engineering, Ismailia, Egypt

Abstract

Teaching STEM subjects requires making concepts as intuitive as possible, a student must relate between mathematical expressions and what he can feel and observe in real life. The golden rule for teaching is to make students participate and use as many sensations as possible (Active learning). Computers and teaching simulations have been the perfect tool for educators, but for so long they have been heavily relying on audition and sight only (passive learning). The integration of Haptic technology (Perception via touch) into these teaching simulations has helped revolutionize the educational system. the advantage of using haptic devices is that it converts passive learning into active learning, which is considered to be the core of teaching STEM subjects, as they rely on lots of practical(hands-on) work.it offers a physical interaction between students and the phenomena required to comprehend. This review introduces haptic technology and how it can be utilized in education, discuss the benefits of active learning and its advantages over passive learning, Covers the latest haptic devices used in the different educational fields, Covers the challenges facing the wide spread usage of this technology, and finally Gives hints on how this technology can be further utilized.

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Suez Canal Engineering, Energy and Environmental Science
Volume 1, Issue 1
January and February 2023
Pages 18-22

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