“A Makerspace Is More Than Just a Room Full of Tools”: What Learning Looks Like for Female Students in Makerspaces

M Tomko, A Schwartz… - International …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Postulating that the act of making stimulates learning, a widespread effort prompted the
integration of makerspaces on college campuses. From community colleges to research …

Academic makerspaces as a “design journey”: developing a learning model for how women students tap into their “toolbox of design”

M Tomko, W Newstetter, MW Alemán, RL Nagel… - AI EDAM, 2020 - cambridge.org
An academic makerspace, home to tools and people dedicated to facilitating and inspiring a
making culture, is characterized by openness, creativity, learning, design, and community …

Making a makerspace: identified practices in the formation of a university makerspace

ME Tomko, RL Nagel, W Newstetter, SF Smith… - Engineering …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study seeks to understand the origin accounts of academic makerspaces targeted for
engineering students at higher education institutions, as described from the perspective of …

[HTML][HTML] A typology for learning: Examining how academic makerspaces support learning for students

M Tomko, M Alemán, R Nagel… - Journal of …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
While advances have been made in studying engineering design learning in the classroom,
to date, such advances have not addressed hands-on, real-world learning experiences in …

Learning in academic makerspaces: preliminary case studies of how academic makerspaces afford learning for female students

M Tomko, R Nagel, M Alemán, W Newstetter… - … annual conference & …, 2018 - par.nsf.gov
Recognizing the value of engagement in learning, recent engineering education initiatives
have worked to encourage all types of students to pursue engineering while also facilitating …

Predicting Success of Engineering Student Makers: Relationships Between Makerspace Involvement, Academic Performance, and Engineering Design Self-Efficacy

MB Weaver, E Hilton, MW Aleman, R Nagel… - International Journal of …, 2022 - par.nsf.gov
Makerspaces are common in engineering programs around the country and around the
world. As universities invest more into these spaces, researchers investigate more the …

Setting Up a Home “Making Space” After Professional and Academic-Based Ones Built for Everyday Learning, Creativity, and Innovation

S Hai-Jew - Computational Practices and Applications for Digital Art …, 2024 - igi-global.com
Setting Up a Home “Making Space” After Professional and Academic-Based Ones Built for
Everyday Learning, Creativity, and Innovation Setting Up a Home “Making Space” After …

INTERACTION BETWEEN STUDENTS, MICROPROCESSORS, AND MAMMALS IN A NEW APPROACH TO A FIELD COURSE IN BIOLOGY

K Gobetz, B Cage - INTED2018 Proceedings, 2018 - library.iated.org
A one-semester course on the study of Mammals has been re-designed as a course-based
undergraduate research experience (CURE) to give undergraduate Biology majors a multi …