About
The unequivocal implementation of equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization, and anti-racism (EDIDA) in education is a growing imperative, but something that educators lack the training, support, and complex understanding to effectively embed into their classrooms. With the world being exposed to the phenomenon of maker spaces and the ideology of building a maker mentality, a virtual or physical makerspace can be the very environment needed for welcoming, inclusive, responsive, and representative content to be taught and mindsets can be changed.
Register in each session below!
Each part in the series stands independently, allowing participants the flexibility to attend one, two, or all sessions based on their preferences and interests.
Thursday, November 16th from 5:00-6:00 pm | Registration deadline: November 10th
In this workshop, participants will be exposed to the dynamic resources and features of the Inclusive Makerspace Virtual Website and learn how to design and implement inclusive maker challenges and provocations through the EDIDA lense, that can be immediately implemented and used in their own learning environments. With this website's commitment to addressing racism Educators will learn how to create a highly critical, responsive, and inclusive space using no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech that promotes equity and reduces disparities through curriculum alignment and solving real-world problems.
Session Recording
Monday, February 12th from 4:30-5:30 pm | Registration deadline: February 5th at noon
Participants will be given the opportunity to explore the Inclusive Virtual Makerspace website's Maker Challenges, Provocations, and visits to physical makerspaces around the world using virtual reality. This workshop will allow users explore emerging virtual reality technologies with a focus on creating physical materials within a virtual space. Design to be open-ended, the goal of this workshop is to have participants invested in the process of building with physical and virtual materials within a VR environment. The participants of this session will walk away with ideas, resources, and an immersive virtual making experience.
Materials required: Google Cardboards or VR headset (note: Google Cardboards can be sent to individuals who do not have access to VR headsets or tools).
Session Recording
Tuesday, April 23 from 4:30-5:30 pm | Registration deadline: April 15th at noon
This session will be an extension of the second session (participation in the previous session is not mandatory for attendance). Participants will be exposed to a superimposed makerspace in augmented form, where they are building and making, while learning about the future of makerspaces. They will also learn how to create an augmented reality space of their own. Using 8th Wall, participants will develop a maker challenge that will empower them to create their own augmented makerspace. Participants will walk away from this session with a plethora of resources, ideas, augmented and virtual maker challenges and provocations that they can implement in their own practice immediately.
Materials required: VR headset (i.e., Smart phone, or smart device- iPad, or Oculus 2)
Meet the Presenter
Dr. Keri Ewart, Coordinator, EDI & Community Outreach and MET Lecturer
Dr. Ewart conducts research focused on differentiation and inclusivity. With the changing needs of modern society, she turns to active learning theories, multiliteracy and multimodality pedagogies, and critical literacy theory to successfully meet the needs of diverse audiences. Dr. Ewart believes that an e-learning environment should be dynamic, engaging, inclusive, develop a sense of community, encapsulate and acknowledge the social, cultural and ethical implications and redefine learning in a way that is transformative.
Most recently Dr. Ewart designed and created the new MET Virtual Inclusive Makerspace.
