{"id":7558,"date":"2013-09-01T11:25:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T18:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/?p=7558"},"modified":"2013-09-01T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T18:25:13","slug":"makerspaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/2013\/09\/01\/makerspaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Makerspaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<strong>Makerspace<\/strong> is a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network, and build. \u00a0Makerspaces provide tools and working room in a community environment\u2014a library, community center, private organization, or campus. Many are primarily used for\u00a0technological experimentation, hardware development, and idea prototyping, but increasingly, self-directed individual inventors and creative teams\u00a0are using makerspaces to build projects in fields other than engineering and technology. Makerspaces are zones of self-directed learning, providing a physical laboratory for\u00a0inquiry-based learning\u00a0and validating the drive for discovery that defines the researcher and the scholar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Digital, physical &amp; blended Makerspaces offer a playful, purposeful alternative to traditional self-guided and collaborative learning environments. \u00a0Are they the next generation of the classroom, or will they also transform informal learning markets such as community centres, science museums &amp; children&#8217;s museums?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction Source(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/library\/resources\/7-things-you-should-know-about-makerspaces\">Educause \u2013 Makerspaces<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0Makerspace is a physical location where people gather to share resources and knowledge, work on projects, network, and build. \u00a0Makerspaces provide tools and working room in a community environment\u2014a library, community center, private organization, or campus. Many are primarily used for\u00a0technological experimentation, hardware development, and idea prototyping, but increasingly, self-directed individual inventors and creative teams\u00a0are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14967],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7560,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7558\/revisions\/7560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}