March 3, 2026Open Access

Using Technology Toolkits in E-Textiles Education

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Engaging students in new technologies enhances their creative skills, while teachers face challenges in balancing complexity.
Students need to learn programming along with design concepts, which requires innovative teaching strategies.
Introducing interactive functionalities can improve the learning experience, making lessons more engaging and relevant.
The integration of technology toolkits in e-textiles offers design students greater freedom to explore and innovate.

Abstract

Introducing interactive functionalities to arts to textile teaching poses challenges to both students and teachers. While students have to engage in new technologies and tasks such as programming, teachers have to find a good way to introduce the novel topics and find the right balance between level of complexity and design freedom. In this position paper, we present our experiences from introducing technology toolkits for e-textiles education with design students.

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Emmi; id_orcid 0009-0005-2730-6362 Harjuniemi

Heiko Müller

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