Layton, A., & Linsey, J., & Blair, S., & Hairston, G., & Banks, H. (2022, August), Modularity Analysis of Makerspaces to Determine Potential Hubs and Critical Tools in the Makerspace  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41476

\bibitem{asee_peer_41476}
  Layton, A., \& Linsey, J., \& Blair, S., \& Hairston, G., \& Banks, H. (2022, August), \emph{Modularity Analysis of Makerspaces to Determine Potential Hubs and Critical Tools in the Makerspace}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41476

Astrid Layton, Julie Linsey, Samuel Blair, Garrett Hairston, and Henry Banks.  "Modularity Analysis of Makerspaces to Determine Potential Hubs and Critical Tools in the Makerspace".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41476 Internet.  05 Feb, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_41476}
  Astrid Layton, Julie Linsey, Samuel Blair, Garrett Hairston, and Henry Banks.
  "Modularity Analysis of Makerspaces to Determine Potential Hubs and Critical Tools in the Makerspace".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41476 Internet.  05 Feb, 2025

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Globally, universities have heavily invested in makerspaces. Purposeful investment however requires an understanding of how students use tools and how tools aid in engineering education. This paper utilizes a modularity analysis in combination with student surveys to analyze and understand the space as a network of student-tool interactions. The results show that a modularity analysis is able to identify the roles of different tool groupings in the space by measuring how well tool groups are connected within their own “module” and their connection to tools outside of their module. A highly connected tool in both categories is considered a hub that is critical to the network. Poorly connected tools indicate insignificance or under utilization. Makerspaces at two universities were investigated: School A with a full-time staff running the makerspace and School B run by student-volunteers. The results show that 3D printers and metal tools are hubs at School A and 3D printers, metal tools, and laser cutters are hubs at School B. School B was also found to have a higher overall interaction with all the tools in the space. The modularity analysis results are validated using two-semesters worth of student self-reported survey data. The results support the use of a modularity analysis as a way to analyze and visualize the complex network interactions occurring within a makerspace, which can support the improvement of current makerspaces and development of future makerspaces. 
AU  - Astrid Layton
AU  - Julie Linsey
AU  - Samuel Blair
AU  - Garrett Hairston
AU  - Henry Banks
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Modularity Analysis of Makerspaces to Determine Potential Hubs and Critical Tools in the Makerspace
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