
Kelly Yun and Maggie Ambrose performing basic maintenance on the Printer Core for the Ultimaker S3. (Photo by Orlando Hernandez)
If you want to see collaboration in action, look no further than Communities of Practice at BeAM makerspaces. You will find student staff – known as facilitators – learning alongside their peers as they engage with the makerspace’s many offerings.
Lindsey Pegram ‘23 has been a CoP facilitator in the woodshop and textile tool areas for two semesters. As Pegram guides members of each learning group, or cohort, through experiential learning activities, she now understands that being a leader is about much more than simply teaching others.
“It’s really about collaborating with and learning from others, while having the humility to express when you do not feel confident about something and allowing others to help you,” she shares.
For Pegram, who is…