Learning Through Making: Fall 2016 Maker Literacies Pilot

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by Martin Wallace
August 3 2016

Exciting news... The Maker Literacies Task Force has been noticed by UTA Provost Linda Johnsrud!
 
In conversations with Provost Johnsrud, the Libraries Dean Rebecca Bichel discussed the work of the Maker Literacies Task Force. The Provost was excited to hear about the work the Task Force has been doing and would like to promote our initiative as examples of experiential learning at UT Arlington in conjunction with UTA’s QEP initiatives. Provost Johnsrud asked for a brief synopsis of the courses and activities we would be testing in the fall. My supervisor and I worked together on the following synopsis and shared it with Provost Johnsrud on Friday.

 
Learning Through Making: Fall 2016 Maker Literacies Pilot
 
Beginning Fall 2016, UT Arlington Libraries’ will partner with faculty from across campus to integrate maker literacies into course curriculum. The pilot courses are Dr. Brian Huff’s Automation and Robotics (IE 4325), Dr. Estee Beck’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Multimedia Authoring (ENGL 3374), and Dr. Scott Cook’s Emerging Technology Studio (ART 4392).
 
Learning Through Testing and Iteration
IE 4325 will have around 70 upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students who will conduct process parameterization studies, testing the limits of the FabLab’s 3D printers and identifying their optimal settings under a variety of conditions.
 
Learning Through Ideation and Design
ENGL 3374 will have around 25 undergraduates who will conceptualize, design and make objects based on ideas derived from their course literature.
 
Learning Through Teaching
ART 4392 will have around 25 upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students who will learn how to use the FabLab’s equipment and then teach others how to use the equipment in an end-of-semester workshop series hosted by the FabLab.

The goal of all activities will be to connect disciplinary objectives to transferable skills by mapping maker literacy competencies to student learning outcomes. The impact of these experiential learning opportunities will be assessed by applying rubrics to student work.

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