I had the privilege of participating in the 2nd annual International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces (ISAM 2017), at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland at the end of September. I wrote a research paper based on post-workshop survey data from…
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Want to Use an Arduino But Don’t Have One?
If you’d like to experiment with an Arduino project, but don’t have access to an Arduino board or add-on electronics, consider working with a “Virtual” Arduino using the wonderful TinkerCad website that is hosted by Autodesk. I was recently looking…
So Many Cool Arduino Projects: Where to Start?
You can do so many different cool projects with an Arduino microcontroller, it’s hard to know where to start once you’ve mastered the basics. To help with that, I’ve brought together some of my favorite projects. I’ve completed some of…
Canadian University Makerspaces Open to All Students
I recently was asked to look into how many Canadian Universities operated makerspaces that were open to all students on their campuses. Almost all universities have at least one makerspace on campus, but they are often only available to engineering…
3D Printing Workshop
I taught the first “Introduction to 3D Printing” workshop held in the UVic Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC) on April 6th. All of the 14 library staff who participated learned how to prepare 3D models from the Thingiverse.com website, and…
Tagged with: 3D Printing, ActiveLearning, EdTech, education, MakerSpace, OpenSource
Posted in education, MakerSpace
Posted in education, MakerSpace
Interactive Stories with TWINE
If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to publish an interactive story, where the reader is able to make decisions that affect the direction or outcome of the story, then Twine might be the tool for you. Twine’s…
Tagged with: education, History, OpenSource, Pedagogy
Posted in education, Open Source, Uncategorized
Posted in education, Open Source, Uncategorized
Smartphones & Tablets: Educational Distractions or Bicycles for Our Minds?
The short answer is YES! Yes, smartphones and tablets can be wonderful learning tools, or bicycles for our minds if used properly, and Yes, they can be a huge distraction if unskilfully used. A recent study describes how disruptive smartphone…
Tagged with: education, Pedagogy, Smart Phones, software, Technology
Posted in education, Google, iPhone, Open Source
Posted in education, Google, iPhone, Open Source
