My role is changing at UTA Libraries. Morgan Chivers and I have been leading the Maker Literacies program together for the last couple years, and now that we've developed and streamlined the program he is able to take on all the administrative responsibilities in addition to the phenomenal work on the ground with students in the FabLab. It took… read more…
experiential learning
Once again, Dr. Christian Worlow’s English 2338 Technical Writing students participated in the Maker Literacies program. This course provides students with an introduction to technical writing and its associated skillsets. Students learn and practice writing… read more…
The UTA Libraries' Marketing and Communications Team created a really great video to highlight a few apps that UTA FabLab student employees have developed to help our makerspace run more smoothly. The 3-… read more…
We discovered this really awesome student-made video that highlights Charles Gray's ART 4392 Contemporary Portraiture project. Maybe if he sees this post he'll give us a holler! ART 4392 participated in the Maker Literacies program in fall 2017.
We look forward to seeing his follow up video and finished painting.
…Over the last year I've been busy with our Maker Literacies IMLS-funded pilot program Maker Competencies and the Undergraduate Curriculum and unfortunately have had little time to post to our blog. Now that we've come to the end of the pilot, I truly plan to… read more…
Dr. Christopher Kribs is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished Research Professor in the Departments of Mathematics and Curriculum & Instruction at UTA, and he teaches math education courses at the K-8 and middle school grade levels, as well as… read more…
One group of competencies identified in our set of beta maker competencies is “Assembling effective teams.” This group includes the following learning outcomes:
The maker literate student
- recognizes opportunities to… read more…
Dr. Christian Worlow is a Senior Lecturer and Internship Coordinator for the Department of English at UTA, and he teaches courses in British literature and technical writing. During Fall 2017, he taught two technical writing courses:… read more…
I am happy to announce that we have successfully chosen our partners for the IMLS grant-funded Maker Competencies and the Undergraduate Curriculum pilot study. It was a lengthy process, and a hard choice given the amazing selection of academic library makerspaces that we had to… read more…
Morgan Chivers and I each gave presentations during Library 2.017: Makerspaces online mini-conference. Morgan's presentation, "Walking the Walk: Iterative Design in Student Staff Service Learning Projects… read more…