Education Makers

Through making, we learn invaluable life lessons. We engage in persistent, complex problem-solving. We create solutions to real-world problems, we imagine alternative ways of thinking about our life with technology, and we discover a world of connections.

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We made #sourdough #bread last night. Sooooo relaxing to go low-tech sometimes, and soooo satisfying. https://t.co/rrZsiGdZsU
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MTL If you are curious about how engaging with #accessibility can change how we think about musical instruments, you may be interested in a #music + #access workshop with @educationmakers organized by the #participatorymediacluster!

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#blurringtheboundaries in #Montreal! https://t.co/MJqFDMiKL9
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Hello Montreal! Charles @matthewscharles and Gift @UTChoir meeting up to discuss the learning from our launch at @DrakeMusicRandD #DMLab & moving toward our first workshop with @educationmakers @Milieux_news in just over a week. More soon #NewConversations https://t.co/B0vxFLWNFi
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Calendar

November 2019

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  • Maker Jam
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  • Stickers and Decals workshop
  • Open House Milieux
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  • Maker Jam
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  • [MilieuxMake Workshop] Tactile Sound
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  • Maker Jam
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  • Music making iterations with Charles
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  • Music making iterations with Charles
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  • Music+Access Workshop
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  • Indigenous Futures Event
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  • Indigenous Futures Event
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  • Indigenous Futures Event

maker fundamentals

Maker Fundamentals

What can people expect when they join us for a Maker Fundamentals workshop?

Maker Fundamentals are short workshops that are all offered at #MilieuxMake (1515 Ste.-Catherine W., 10th floor, room 825). The workshops are offered by experts in the field who have prepared material and designed an experience to offer participants the possibility to develop a new basic or intermediate maker skill. All workshops are free and the materials are supplied by the Milieux Institute for Arts Culture and Technology and the Research Chair in Maker Culture.

To be scheduled:

  • Developing the Coding Mindset with Ivan Ruby (PhD student in Educational Technology)
  • Music instrument creation with Charles Matthews (Drake Music London)
  • Embedded wearables with Marc Beaulieu and Geneviève Moisan

Examples of previous workshops

  • Basic electronics I II
  • 3D modelling
  • 3D printing
  • Decals and Stickers workshop
  • Intro to robotics and the Internet of Things and autonomous robots
  • Arduino 101

Who can come to a Maker Fundamentals workshop?

Anybody in the university community who is interested can contact Education Makers to register for a Maker Fundamentals workshop: makercultures@gmail.com. Seats are limited!

Maker Jams

Maker Jams

We have been hosting Maker Jams at MilieuxMake, a university makerspace located in the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University. The purpose of the Maker Jams is to develop a community of makers and include novice makers in activities that our team of students is undertaking.

What can people expect when they join us at the 5 à 7 Maker Jams?

A dynamic and informal get-together of tinkerers that gather around ideas, challenges and projects. People can play and tinker with several technologies we have, such as Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, 3D printers, or bring their own. We are trying to create an inclusive safe space where people with little to advanced experience in making from all communities and identities can feel safe to take risks and learn something new together. Our space is wheelchair accessible. We welcome everyone, including any religion, backgrounds, and the LGBTQ community. We also love it if parents bring their kids and we usually have some snacks available.

What do participants do?

Education Makers are working on several projects. Some people come just to tag along and others come with their own projects, such as embedded LEDs, a do-it-yourself programmable car to learn STEAM concepts, a smart wire-car, and speech-recognition technologies to learn English. We have a few activities for kids too, such as playing with Makey Makey and making powered cars.

Who comes to the 5 à 7 Maker Jams?

Anybody in the university community who is curious about maker culture, or wishes to join our group either to develop expertise or share maker expertise towards social innovation. We’re not there to teach people how to code, to take 3D printing orders or to repair broken 3D printers. Instead we offer is a community atmosphere where we tinker together, solve problems and get to know each other.

This project is currently funded by the Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University.

Research dissemination

Selected Papers

Davidson, A.-L. (2019). Developing Co-Creativity in Maker Education, 21st Century Competencies in Maker Education and Conclusions of the CreaMaker workshops (in collaboration with B. Lille). In. Romero, M., De Smet, C., David, D., Tali, F. ANR #CreaMaker workshop : co-creativity, robotics and maker education proceedings. Complete proceedings online : https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332383744_Co-creativity_robotics_and_maker_education?fbclid=IwAR2F8yAhXAzX5uZ-in7A7v80jm8Zgd7v-rUXT0YhWvtzjnh8XHs2vGsVcN8

Davidson, A.-L., *Price, D. (2017) Does Your School Have the Maker Fever? –An Experiential Learning Approach To Developing Maker Competencies. LEARNing Landscapes, 11(1), 103-120. [https://www.learninglandscapes.ca/index.php/learnland/article/view/926]

Davidson, A.-L. (2018). How Can Makerspaces Heighten Student Engagement? EdCan Network. Facts on Education. Complete paper online [https://www.edcan.ca/articles/makerspaces-heighten-student-engagement/]

 

Presentations

Ruby, I., Davidson, A.-L., Sanabria, J. (2019). What do learners and facilitators learn from an innovation challenge? Bold Educators Activate Change, ISTE 2019. June 23-26, Philadelphia, Pensylvania.

Davidson, A.-L., Naffi, N., Duponsel, N. (2018). La facilitation dans les activités de type « maker » ou les structures rhizomatiques dans l’apprentissage. Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les technologies en education (CIRTA). October 11-12, Québec, Québec.

Davidson, A.-L., Cucinelli, G., Price, D., Naffi, N., Ruby, I., Matheson, T., Duponsel, N., Romero, M., van Oostveen, R. Light, E. (2017). Exploring the movement of “maker culture” in education. CSSE, May 27-June, Toronto, Canada.

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Makerspace

MilieuxMake is a makerspace project undertaken by Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson and Marc Beaulieu. MilieuxMake is a Milieux Institute common space with various affordances from 3D printing, to soldering, sewing, electronic sensing, etc. It offers space for members of the Milieux community who conduct maker-led projects and many workshops, as well as public talks held there yearly. To follow the MilieuxMake activities, see the Milieux News Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/Milieux_news

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Funders and supporters

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Concordia University
ACT - Ageing + Communication + Technology
Milieux
Faculty of Arts and Science - Concordia University