Browsing Library by Subject "Makerspaces"

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    • Developing Student Learning Outcome Metrics for Makerspaces: A Stem Pilot Course 

      Cantu, Jaime; Wallace, Martin K. (American Society for Engineering Management, 2018-10-19)
      Preparing undergraduate engineering students with the competencies needed for future work environments is a central objective of college engineering programs. Recently, access to 3D printers and other digital fabrication ...

    • How to Incubate Your Dragon: Methodologies for Collecting and Analyzing Data on Learning in Academic Makerspaces 

      Chivers, Morgan; Wallace, Martin K. (Higher Education Makerspaces Initiative, 2019-10-17)
      We believe we have successfully developed a sound, while certainly not perfect, methodology for measuring the learning taking place in academic library makerspaces using student self-assessment. As we continue to cultivate ...

    • Intentionally Cultivating Diverse Community for Radically Open Access Makerspaces 

      Musick Peery, Katie; Chivers, Morgan (Higher Education Makerspaces Initiative (HEMI), 2018-08)
      Academic makerspaces which are discipline-agnostic face the daunting task of trying to meet the needs of a humbling array of approaches to inquiry while maintaining a sustainable and safe environment for making. Establishing ...

    • List of Maker Competencies, Including Preamble and Acknowledgments 

      Wallace, Martin K.; Peery, Katie Musick; Trkay, Gretchen; Chivers, Morgan; Radniecki, Tara (University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2018-12-21)
      Maker competencies are the skills, talents and dispositions that one acquires or improves upon while problem-solving and working on projects in makerspaces or similar learning environments. However, while learners can ...

    • Report: Mini-Grant for Makerspace Survey Incentive Prizes 

      Wallace, Martin K. (Central Library, The University of Texas at Arlington Library, 2017-01-14)
      Report on UTA Libraries Mini-Grant to fund survey incentive prizes of ten (10) $50.00 MakerShed gift cards to random respondents of the 2016 Makerspace Survey. This mini grant will allow the UTA Library Maker Literacy Task ...

    • Scaling the DIY Approach: Do-It-Together with Student Service Learning 

      Chivers, Morgan (Higher Education Makerspaces Initiative (HEMI), 2017-09)
      This paper endeavors to reflectively analyze the process of building a fleet of large, durable tables with student workers’ labor, primarily using the tools in our FabLab. Exploring causalities between experiences gained ...

    • Walking the Walk: Iterative Design in Student Service Learning Projects 

      Chivers, Morgan; Musick Peery, Katie (Higher Education Makerspaces Initiative (HEMI), 2017)
      “Iterative design” is a buzzword bandied about more liberally than its principles are employed; what happens when we embrace intelligent risk-taking and empower students with legitimate agency to solve the myriad struggles ...