Dive Brief:
- Maker education requires instructors to know when to get out of the way and prepares students for life in more ways than just practical skill mastery.
- According to eCampus News, the “maker movement” fosters creativity and contextual understanding, helping students internalize the idea that failure is not terminal.
- Key strategies for success with maker education include creating an intellectual and physical environment that allows for exploration and giving students tools with which to solve problems.
Dive Insight:
Traditional apprenticeship programs and much of vocational education foster similar outcomes from students as the maker education movement aims to. In all scenarios, students learn to solve problems by creating new things, putting practical skills to use. Some institutions are creating cross-disciplinary maker spaces to give students a chance to tinker, network, and build outside of class time.