Smart Cup, wisdom creation: A project-based learning initiative for maker education

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Abstract

Maker Education aims at learners thinking and creating things in innovative and ingenious ways, armed with Arduino open-source software and hardware as well as 3D printing technology. Inspired by the idea of Better Life with Wisdom Creation, the authors designed a project & problem-based learning initiative, Smart Cup, to explore the application of Maker concept in education. The paper illustrates how learners' design, programming and 3D modeling skills are acquired and enhanced through the process of making a Smart Cup, with its features demonstrated and actualized with 3D printing. A project-based learning model is also proposed in the paper as a reference for other Maker Education initiatives and practitioners. Our initiative indicates that learners' ability to innovate and integrate multi-skills is essential to practicing Maker Education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016
EditorsJ. Michael Spector, Chin-Chung Tsai, Ronghuai Huang, Paul Resta, Demetrios G Sampson, Kinshuk, Nian-Shing Chen
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages486-488
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781467390415
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Nov 2016
Event16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016 - Austin, United States
Duration: 25 Jul 201628 Jul 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016

Conference

Conference16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period25/07/1628/07/16

Keywords

  • 3D printing
  • Arduino
  • Maker education
  • Project-based learning

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