The STEAM Innovation Laboratory: Beyond the Makerspace Paradigm
Troy Cline, Sten Odenwald, NASA Space Science Education Consortium, United States ; Hilarie Davis, Technology for Learning Consortium Inc, United States ; Bryan Stephenson, Paul Mirel, Kyle Boyer, NASA Space Science Education Consortium, United States ; Lani Sasser, NASA Goddard STEAM Innovation Lab, United States
JCMST Volume 39, Number 4, ISSN 0731-9258 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
The NASA Goddard STEAM Innovation Laboratory is a Makerspace approach to bringing NASA’s universe of knowledge into educational spaces around the country and to increase scientific literacy and interest in STEAM careers. Through a series of stations specializing in virtual reality, electronics, mobile sensors and 3-D fabrication, we have succeeded in impacting over 82,000 educators and students, along with 1.6 million social media participants. Our impact analysis reveals that participants gain a lasting knowledge of our STEAM content from this hands-on experience.
Citation
Cline, T., Odenwald, S., Davis, H., Stephenson, B., Mirel, P., Boyer, K. & Sasser, L. (2020). The STEAM Innovation Laboratory: Beyond the Makerspace Paradigm. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 39(4), 291-313. Waynesville, NC USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved November 29, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215687/.
© 2020 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
