CUNY IT 15 Presentation - Incorporating 3D Printing in the Biology Classroom - Ahn, Letnikova, Xu

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Incorporating 3D Printing in the Biology

Classroom

Seongkeun Ahn, Student, Graduate School of Library and Information

Studies, Queens CollegeGalina Letnikova, Assistant Professor, Library Media Resources

Center, LaGuardia Community College

Na Xu, Assistant Professor, Natural Sciences Department, LaGuardia

Community College


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Future of 3D Printing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ytVGxcWl8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ytVGxcWl8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ytVGxcWl8


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Future of 3D Printing


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Traditional 3D Printing

Educational Areas and Benefits

Engineering Manufacturing Industrial Design Architecture Art

Stimulates student creativity and innovation Helps visualize difficult concepts Deepens the conceptual understanding of mechanisms and

processes May be used for small team and/or individual research

projects

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/19/reshaping-universities-through-3d-printing/


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http://acrlog.org/2012/10/16/making-things-in-academic-libraries/


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Makerspaces Move into Academic Libraries

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/08/academic-libraries/u-nevada-library-offers-3d-printing-across-the-

board/#_


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Library 3-D Printing Collaboration with

Academic Departments LAGCC Library Vision

Students brings an assignment or anidea, we follow it through together

Students seeks knowledge andexpertise; Librarys Markerspacehelps to create knowledge and

develop expertise

Library provided access to resourcesotherwise hard to locate

Special thanks to Terry Parker,

Coordinator of Media Services atLAGCC for providing staff and spaceto support this collaboration

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3D Printer at LaGuardia

Community College Library

Media Resources Center


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LaGuardia Library Guide
http://guides.laguardia.edu/digitalhumanities/3dprinters


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3D Printer in LAGCC Library Media Resources

Center

Hardware and Software

Appropriate for level

Space

Dedicated

Open Welcoming


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Managing 3D Printing Services in Academic Libraries

Policies Keep it simple Provide guidelines

Help

Available Knowledgeable Group Training Individual


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LAGCC Library 3D Printing Cooperation with Teaching

Faculty Fall 2014Department of Mathematics,Engineering & CS

Profs. Hendrick Delcham & Paul West

Courses in MEC/Industrial Design with

Applications for 3D printing

Engineering First Year Seminar (FYS)

MAE 100Intro to AutoCad

MAE 101Engineering Lab 1 (2014-pilot)

HUA 109SolidWorks/3D modeling

MAE 107Manufacturing Processes MAE 211Engineering Mechanics

CPP 024Engineering Co-op

LaGuardia Community College NaturalScience Department

Course: Principles of Biology (SCB115)

Professor Dr. Na Xu

Project: Assessment of Students Learningby using 3D printed Biological Models


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3-D Printed Truss from class assignmentLAGCC Department of Mathematics, Engineering & CS


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LAGCC Library 3D Printing Cooperation with Teaching

Faculty

LaGuardia Community College Natural

Science Department

Course: Principles of Biology (SCB115)

Professor Dr. Na Xu

Project: Assessment of Students Learning by

using 3D printed Biological Models


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Current material to study biology

Textbook

In class PowerPoint Presentation

Practice questionsComplementary lab experience


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2D images and cartoons available for

biology study

DNA


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Using 3D to illustrate biological structures

2 D vs 3D


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3D protein structures

Primary structure Secondary structure

Tertiary structure

2 D vs 3D


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Interactions between molecules

Protein and mRNA interaction Protein and DNA interaction


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Including the 3D printing assignment in entry

level biology classes

Fall II, 2014

Including the 3D printingproject in Principle of Biology I

Classes (entry level biologyclass).

One class per semester.

The project is IRB approved.

Spring I, 2015

Fall I, 2015


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The evolution of assignment

Fall II, 2014 :

Students explore NIH 3D resources website

Download interested model Book printing time and print their models individually

Write about the biological background of the molecule and reflect

Spring I, 2015

Additional Modifications:

Students are organized into groups

Surveys are conducted

Fall I, 2015

Additional Modifications:

Library staff gave an introduction lecture about 3D printing at the

beginning

Optimize the appointment making procedure with the library staff

Students were asked to share this experience on their social media


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The current assignment

Lecture: Introduction to 3D printing -Students learn about the NIH 3D resources and

download their interested profile

Students book printing time and print their models

Students were asked to write about the biologicalbackground of the molecule, reflect and sharethe experience on their social media.

Surveys are conducted


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Student survey results

Fall I, 2015

Spring I 2015

Strongly Disagree (0)----Disagree (1pt)-----Agree (2 pts) ------Strongly Agree (3 pts)

2.3

1.5

2.1

2.3 2.32.2

2.3

2.0 2.0

2.8

2.5

2.7 2.7

2.4

2.6

2.5

2.62.7

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

Assignment is

easy tounderstand

Easy to choose

a 3D model

Easy to make

anappointment

Received help

in choosing a3D model

Library staff is

helpful

Learned new

skills

Understand

molecule'ssturcutre

better

Become more

interested inthe subject

Becomore

moreconfident in

Biotechnology

A

verage

score


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Yes

100%

No

0%

I would like to have a similar

project in another class

Yes

No

Yes

58%

No

42%

I would like to have a similar

project in another class

Yes

No

Spring I 2015 Fall I 2015

Student survey results


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Printing the 3D biological model

The 3D printing helped us have a betterunderstanding of the molecule and its

biological structure. -----Jane

With the 3D printer we can see small

sections and color it in as well to betterunderstand what we are looking at with

the hands on feel to it, something a

textbook cant give us. ------------Maria

The 3D printing experience wassomething new that is very helpful and

easy to remember and surprisingly fun. --

----- Heba


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Students social media experience

By being a student here at LaGuardia

Community College, this 3D printing

experience is one of the best memories

that I have so far. ---------- Alana

I posted this picture on Facebook

November 12 at 8:46pm. The post got 11

likes and a comment saying Lucky! I dont

have that at my school Which makes me

feel really lucky to have technology as the

3D printer at my school available to thestudents of LaGuardia Community

College.------- Maria


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Acknowledgement

Library staff at LaGuardiaCommunity College:

Assistant Professor, Galina Letnikova

College Lab Technician, Felix Peralta

Library Intern, Seongkeun Ahn

NIH 3D Printing Exchange


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Seongkeun Ahn, QC

Student

Galina Letnikova, LAGCC

Assistant Professor

Na Xu, LAGCC

Assistant Professor LaGuardia Community College-CUNYLong Island City, New York

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CUNY IT 15 Presentation - Incorporating 3D Printing in the Biology Classroom - Ahn, Letnikova, Xu