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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"makerspace"”.
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Makerspace em bibliotecas escolares : uma análise bibliométrica
Este trabalho incide sobre o uso do makerspace em bibliotecas escolares, tendo como principal objetivo identificar, por meio de análise bibliométrica qual a abordagem dada em relação ao makerspace nas bibliotecas escolares. Apresenta-se, primeiro, uma revisão de literatura sobre as bibliotecas …
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Considerations in Building an Elementary Makerspace Lab
… and skills in STEM education is by incorporating makerspaces into schools. Makerspaces are physical spaces where people have opportunities to build and construct objects based on their own personal interests. Makerspaces foster the innovative ideas and skills students need upon graduation. This …
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Impact of Introducing Technical Design Elements in Makerspace Trainings
Makerspaces are used as a tool in higher education to support curricular, hands-on projects and encourage student extracurricular and personal projects. Because access to making is more self-driven, there is a gap between what makerspace trainings teach students and what students are expected to …
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Spring Stepper: a makerspace controller for seated hands-free locomotion in virtual reality
… available development tools, commonly known as "makerspace" tools, such as 3D printing and Arduino, an open electronics platform. The full design and development process of the system is discussed, including analyzing existing literature to gather requirements, and the iterative design process to …
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Transforming teaching through the transformative integration of emerging technologies in the ePlay MakerSpace: a critical, socio-cultural design-based study
… integration of emerging technologies. The ePlay MakerSpace model is conceptualised as providing both inculcation processes and enabling conditions to transform teachers’ dispositions. Using a design-based research approach, two iterations of the ePlay MakerSpace model are designed, enacted and …
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Creating a maker course syllabus for the Learning Technologies program : bridging experiences between the UT Campus makerspace and K-12 makerspaces in Austin, Texas
… for graduate students in ‘The Foundry’ (UT Makerspace) and subsequently bridge those experiences to K-12 makerspaces in Austin. This report contains four major sections. First, the report begins with a literature review of makerspaces and learning, making and assessment, and making in both …
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Exploring service development to scaffold cross-disciplinary critical maker-learning in a higher education academic library makerspace : a case study through the lens of cultural-historical activity theory
… the evolution of a university academic library makerspace service supporting experiential maker-learning. Tensions and contradictions are analysed around cross-disciplinary needs, and the developing pragmatics of practice to support inclusive, sustainable maker-learning. The research goal was to …
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Making Moves: Exploring Adaptability in Makerspaces
… of adaptability in design in context with a Makerspace, a community space which functions to provide the facilities and work environment for a variety of creators to use. In a building typology, a Makerspace with a large variety of users, the ability for the spaces to be informed by and …
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Makerspaces and academic advancement in Hamilton County secondary schools
This dissertation explores the impact of makerspace integration on academic performance, attendance, and student engagement in Hamilton County secondary schools. Amid growing interest in experiential learning environments, the researcher sought to quantify the effects of makerspaces on ACT …
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ChangeMakers: exploring social consciousness through making and the Internet of Things
… social justice. Over the course of a five-day makerspace camp, this study employed a qualitative multiple case study design to explore the IoT learning and social participation of ten elementary school students. The findings revealed meaningful development in participants’ understanding of …
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A Local Solution to Plastic Pollution
… Using the available equipment in the Ingram Hall Makerspace I have built a series of small-scale recycling machines to process plastic for recycling. Using compression and injection molding techniques, we can take post-consumer plastic waste and repurpose it into new products. But there is more …
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How do you define ‘success?’ Selecting criteria in evaluations of informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education
… investigates criteria for a public library makerspace and reveals the need for individualized, participant-defined criteria. Collectively, these papers lay the groundwork for building an empirical, descriptive theory of valuing; advancing novel methods for criteria selection; and deepening …
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Making space : pedagogical interventions to foster equity in introductory maker education
… integration into K-12 education has forced makerspace coordinators to examine their work through a new lens. Experienced makers need little beyond safety training to get started making their own projects, but new makers, particularly young students, need more. Without properly scaffolded …
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Free4orm framing : high-performance bending-active strip construction
… of flatbed machining increases with each new makerspace. Thus, this thesis proposes using simple cutting and bending operations, site-applied attachments, and granulated insulation to produce permanent, freeform, stressed-skin formwork (which is herein branded "Free4orm" strip construction). …
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The future of desktop 3D printing : what stands in the way and how the technology will advance
… with existing and potential users, and 4) a makerspace review. Together, these study areas provide a system-level view of the current state of the desktop 3D printing industry, reveal a unique set of barriers preventing the technology from reaching the mainstream stage, and offer valuable …
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The Impact of the Integration of Makerspaces and Making Activities Into Engineering Design Education
The increasing presence of makerspaces in university campuses is encouraging engineering educators to incorporate making activities and projects into their curriculum to support formal and informal learning, foster multidisciplinary learning environments, promote collaborative learning, and help …
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Intermediation and disintermediation of resources for entrepreneurship and innovation in the maker movement.
The maker movement phenomenon represents potential disintermediation of producer innovation as well as intermediation of creative processes for entrepreneurs and innovators. This dissertation introduces the maker movement phenomenon and its relevance for research on entrepreneurship and innovation. …