How are Mobile Makerspaces Utilized in Schools?

Iwata, Megumi; Pitkänen, Kati; Ylioja, Jani; Milara, Iván Sánchez; Laru, Jari

doi:10.1145/3335055.3335069

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“…Digital fabrication environment has the potential to influence how design is taught in higher education [31][32][33]. This environment influences the manner in which design activities are carried out (e.g., [34][35][36]) and knowledge is acquired (e.g., [11,37,38]), as well as the sorts of deliverables and outcomes possible (e.g., [27,39]). It has been suggested that university-based digital fabrication spaces can provide significant growth experiences to a varied student group, which may be difficult for a single university department, program, or course [40].…”

Section: Digital Fabrication Design Education and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Considerations in Digital Fabrication Design Education

Georgiev

Nanjappan

2023

Sustainability

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Design education utilising digital fabrication is characterised by a dynamic project-based learning environment in which ideas are embodied in prototypes. This environment affects the way design and fabrication activities are taught, including sustainability considerations in the process and the outcomes. With the objectives of refining the sustainability indicators in the context of digital fabrication design education and identifying educational interventions for improving sustainability, we analyse the processes and outcomes of a digital fabrication course. We further develop a conceptual framework for sustainable prototyping based on the prototyping and testing stages in the design thinking model. The sustainability considerations in the prototyping process and outcomes in the design education context in FabLab are exemplified. The findings will help enhance sustainability and develop interventions in the context of design education.

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Section: Digital Fabrication Design Education and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Considerations in Digital Fabrication Design Education

Georgiev

Nanjappan

2023

Sustainability

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“…Depending on the type of audience or learning requirements, the learning activity can be set on different technological processes. However, the coverage of skills and techniques to be learned is similar across other education application cases, such as thematic workshops (Iwata et al, 2019(Iwata et al, , 2020Milara et al, 2019;Pitkänen et al, 2020) and courses (Georgiev et al, 2022;Georgiev and Nanjappan, 2023;Soomro et al, 2021).…”

Section: Digital Fabrication Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Often, this involves an exploratory and non-directed process of materialising ideas into products (Barhoush et al, 2019;Pitkänen et al, 2020), often scalable to research activities, such as makerspace-driven user research (Jensen and Steinert, 2020). These characteristics pose various challenges to design pedagogy and learning (Iwata et al, 2019;Pitkänen et al, 2019). Digital fabrication design education targets a variety of technical and prototyping skills; therefore, a balance between the time span of the educational activity and a range of domain-specific skills is needed.…”

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Collaborative Teamwork Prototyping and Creativity in Digital Fabrication Design Education

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Digital fabrication laboratories play a role as an educational environment in which different learning activities incorporate advanced technological developments. Digital fabrication design education often involves exploratory and scaffolded processes of materialising ideas into products. However, FabLabs poses multiple challenges for pedagogy and design learning. Based on a large-scale digital fabrication course in a higher education institution, we examine whether teamwork carried out in a digital fabrication environment improves creativity. Furthermore, we analyse if teamwork affects self-assessment of learning activities involving building tangible artefacts. Finally, we examine whether the type of produced prototype affects the team's overall performance. The results allow for digital fabrication design education recommendations, including interventions intended for improving the creativity of the outcomes, team performance, and learning of different digital fabrication issues.

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Student motivation and engagement in maker activities under the lens of the Activity Theory: a case study in a primary school

Nikou

2023

J. Comput. Educ.

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Makerspaces are an area that is of increasing interest in education. While studies exist about makerspaces in tertiary education, not many studies have explored makerspaces in primary and secondary education. The current study focuses on pupils’ motivation and engagement in makerspace activities—digital fabrication and physical computing—in the context of a primary school, using the Activity Theory as its theoretical framework. The study follows an explanatory sequential mixed methods design. Primary school pupils participated in a six-week design-based makerspace programme in a Fablab and a school computer lab, and they completed a survey and participated in focus group discussions afterwards. Both quantitative and qualitative findings showed that pupils perceive maker activities as being motivating (in terms of perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, interest/enjoyment, satisfaction) and engaging (in terms of behavioural, cognitive, emotional, and social engagement). The Activity Theory provides further insights on how motivation and engagement in makerspaces relate to the components of the activity system. The study advocates for the use of maker activities in the primary classroom. Implications on educational practices and future research are discussed.

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How are Mobile Makerspaces Utilized in Schools?

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Sustainability Considerations in Digital Fabrication Design Education

Sustainability Considerations in Digital Fabrication Design Education

Collaborative Teamwork Prototyping and Creativity in Digital Fabrication Design Education

Student motivation and engagement in maker activities under the lens of the Activity Theory: a case study in a primary school

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