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List of Maker Competencies, Including Preamble and Acknowledgments
(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 ... -
Maker Competencies and the Undergraduate Curriculum
(Higher Education Makerspaces Initiative, 2018-08-04)The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries was awarded a $50,000 planning grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for FY 2017-2018 allowing us to develop a pilot program to explore course integration ... -
Maker Competencies and the Undergraduate Curriculum Final Performance Report
(University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, 2019-06-28)The list of maker-based competencies compiled in 2016 by UTA Libraries’ Maker Literacies Task Force provides a framework for assessing the learning that results when making and design thinking are integrated into curricula. ... -
Makerspaces Empowering Graduate Student Research
(American Library Association, 2018-10)Graduate students are critical stakeholders for academic libraries. As libraries continue to reinvent themselves to remain relevant, spaces, services, and instruction targeted specifically for the needs of the graduate ... -
Making Maker Literacies: Integrating Academic Library Makerspaces into the Undergraduate Curriculum
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Scaling the DIY Approach: Do-It-Together with Student Service Learning
(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
(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 ...