ABSTRACT
The Maker movement, a largely grassroots effort to establish spaces where participants can use a variety of design and fabrication tools, has become a focus of interest for educational institutions in recent years. In 2015, the California Community College system, interested in developing a more systematic network of these spaces as open-ended learning environments, requested that the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) help inform their efforts. CCST published a guide for the Community Colleges in 2016, followed by a series of symposia aimed at informing community colleges about requirements for planning and operating makerspaces on their own campuses.
The promise of maker education is not limited to higher education, however. K-12 schools have also begun exploring their connections to the Maker movement. There has been considerable work done on the…
