The ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information; encourages wider access to texts and information, creativity in self-expression, and collaboration within a globally networked world; involves the nimble use of skills, strategies, and mindsets to navigate, communicate, and collaborate online across multiple contexts; can be view as a self-directed or collaborative process for constructing knowledge.
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Equity, Literacies, and Learning in Technology-Rich Makerspaces
Wen Wen (University of Arizona, USA) and Jill Castek (University of Arizona, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0246-4.ch007
Abstract
This chapter uses an equity lens to examine learning in makerspaces with a focus on the role that literacies and technologies play in these spaces. The authors examine ways that makerspaces bridge formal and informal learning and serve as important contexts for community building and mentorship. This stance on makerspaces centers equity and inclusion as driving forces that must become central to the design of these innovative learning spaces. The piece includes a review of the literature aimed at building a deeper understanding of the principles that underlie literacy practices, collaboration, and learning engagement. The authors offer principles and recommendations for designing, organizing, expanding, and sustaining learning-through-making opportunities for all learners.