Teaching and Learning

Making with Purpose

Do you currently use makerspaces and desire to add the dimension of mindset?

Are you considering the use of makerspaces and are interested in a complete set of associated learning outcomes?

Workshop: Making With Purpose

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I learned I can actually use entrepreneurially minded learning on anything. Curiosity, Connections, and Creative Value are core concepts to instill in our students. And all of them are better through making!

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- From a workshop survey

The below images are student artifacts from DIY Puzzle: Makerspace Technology for Rapid Prototyping.

Making With Purpose is about understanding and using the skills, craft, and art of making to foster a mindset in students as well as a skillset.

You'll learn how to incorporate a complete set of educational objectives into makerspace activities, whether low or high-fidelity, inside or outside the classroom, and in a remote setup. The workshops emphasize the concurrent development of skillset and mindset, i.e. attitudes, dispositions, and motivations for undergraduate engineers.

Event Information

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Your Workshop Journey

Mission

You will be empowered to:

Create a plan to incorporate EML into learning experiences by integrating makerspaces and/or making experiences
Connect student learning objectives to projects/assignments involving making/prototyping
Enhance traditional courses by integrating the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) through hands on making projects
Develop creative confidence in students through hands-on experiences
Develop familiarity with common makerspace processes and technologies
Provide students a method by which they can bridge the gap between idea and realization through the creation of physical artifacts
Teach students how to utilize physical artifacts as a medium for communication and making connections

Key Deliverables

Design and deploy a making-focused learning experience at your institution
Assess the effectiveness of your making-focused experience
Create a network of support as a community of practice
Share experiences and lessons learned with your workshop peers
Develop an Engineering Unleashed card that showcases your project

Examples of Workshop Content

Making with Purpose - Wake Forest Engineering

Will making activities themselves have an effect on student learning outcomes? Give students a broader perspective of instrumentation and implement EM more heavily into the course to better prepare students for senior Capstone.

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Students Teaching Engineering- Making Products for Education

Adapt this flexible hands-on project where students work in teams and engage with maker spaces to create an inexpensive visual aid that illustrates a class concept, then use it to teach someone! This card also received an Honorable Mention in the 2020 ASEE Best Card Competition.

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Integrated Manufacturing Project

Task students with the design and creation of a set of drink coasters and a container for them which integrates multiple technologies into a single project, while encouraging them to take on an entrepreneurial mindset and develop a design which adds value to the package as a whole.

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