Conference Session

CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder, American Society for Engineering Education; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

and share their skills and creations (para. 14). One ofthe main places where Makers can collaborate and share processes and products is a Makerspace.Makerspaces can be located in a wide variety of spaces, including libraries, art galleries,museums, laboratories, and workshops. Although makerspaces can vary greatly, Davee, et. aldefined them “fundamentally [as] places to design, explore, and create” (2015, p. 3).Making gained significant visibility due to President Obama’s support for the Maker Movement,culminating in the 2014 White House Maker Faire, a newly established National Week ofMaking, and the Nation of Makers Initiative. The Nation of Makers Initiative was a call tofederal agencies, companies, organizations, and schools to pledge