Research cafe october 8th maker education
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Maker Education: the next wave of teaching and learning innovation?
Mark Feltham@markfeltham666 HEdW rks
The ‘Internet of Things’
The Maker MovementA growing community of people finding expression of their creative skills in designing and making things…
… learning by doing…
…and sharing what they learn and do with others…
Makerfaires: the greatest ‘show and tell’ on earth
A learning revolution is happening outside our doors
Hackerspaces, Makerspaces and Fablabs
Makerspaces in the UK
Noisebridge
Bringing the maker culture into the classroom: game changers for education
Putting the learner in charge.
Giving students time to brainstorm, invent, design, and build—and then time to fix mistakes, improve, test, and improve again…
Think. Make. Learn. Share
The ‘maker ethos’
Maker Education: new learning horizonsComputer controlled fabrication devices
3D printing
Portable 3D scanners
Pepakura
Computer controlled fabrication devices
Physical computing
Maker Education: new learning horizons
Computer controlled fabrication devices
Physical computing
Coding
Maker Education: new learning horizons
Learning is personal
“The best way for students to become deeply invested in their work is for their projects to be personally meaningful, afforded sufficient development time, given access to constructive materials, and the students themselves encouraged to overcome challenges”.
Ownership
Experience
Risk taking
The maker revolution
‘Butterfly Pi’
STEAM
Learning by ‘doing’
Recognising the value of making
University Makerspaces
HEdW rks
Making in an academic context: JMU’s Maker Education Working Group (MEWG)
Mark Feltham@markfeltham666
HEdW rks
Making in an academic context: ignoring the manual
Making in an academic context: G:37 ‘makerspace’ @Byrom Street
HEdW rks
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Making in an academic context: modes of study
From ‘know not’… to robot
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Surf’s up…grab your boards