Conference Session

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

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaqi C. McNeil, University of Louisville; Mary Andrade, University of Louisville, J.B. Speed School of Engineering; Alex Delgado Beebe, University of Louisville, J.B. Speed School School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

asked what coping skills they used to help themtransition back to UofL. There were 64 responses to this open-ended question. Five responseswere taken out because they reported this was not applicable (NA, N/A, or na).Peers and family were mentioned in 14% (9 out of 64) of the comments. Some responsesmentioned friends and classmates that caused the transition to be easier, “Friends andclassmates coming back with me really helped” (SUM16-52), “Well I got a girlfriend. Is that acoping skill?”(SUM16-21). Many connected working with peers to helping with their transition,“…worked more with friends to stay on top of work initially” (SUM16-25). “Study in groups andcompartmentalize time” (SUM16-98). Some students mentioned receiving help from

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

cut a very high fidelity model and is now working on writing instructions based on what has been learned from this effort.In all cases, the use of the makerspace is free of charge for students. Nine respondents (7 ED and2 ETDC) reported that their makerspaces are open to the community at large, for exploration andentrepreneurship projects, with the majority of schools offering this community access free ofcharge. One ED shared that although the makerspace is not open to members of the community,many of the undergraduate and graduate engineering projects hosted in the space are designed toprovide value to the local community. Though the makerspaces, as reported by ED and ETDC,ranged in size (from basement studios and small labs to 60,000