The recent years have witnessed a new generation of Makers working with new ways of knowledge generation for creation and sharing of digital and physical products. While this development has started within collaborative and grass roots organised networks; educational institutions have also embraced it by opening makerspaces and adopting elements of the Maker Movement in their offerings. This paper investigates how university driven makerspaces can affect engineering design and product development education trough a case study. We provide our findings based on interviews and data collected from educators, students the administrative and workshop staff of the makerspace. The findings are used to outline the challenges in incorporating the offerings of makerspaces. By discussing these challenges we identify opportunities for turning university makerspaces into innovation hubs and platforms that can support engineering design education.
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ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 21–24, 2016
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
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- Design Engineering Division
- Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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Makerspaces in Engineering Education: A Case Study
Lasse Skovgaard Jensen,
Lasse Skovgaard Jensen
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Ali Gürcan Özkil,
Ali Gürcan Özkil
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Krestine Mougaard
Krestine Mougaard
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Lasse Skovgaard Jensen
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Ali Gürcan Özkil
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Krestine Mougaard
Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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DETC2016-60066, V003T04A003; 9 pages
Published Online:
December 5, 2016
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Skovgaard Jensen, L, Özkil, AG, & Mougaard, K. "Makerspaces in Engineering Education: A Case Study." Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 3: 18th International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies; 13th International Conference on Design Education; 9th Frontiers in Biomedical Devices. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. August 21–24, 2016. V003T04A003. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2016-60066
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