To help our faculty create assignments that use the makerspace and have easily assessable outcomes, we’ve put together some Maker Competencies.

Click on image to see a larger version of the competencies in Flickr.

ACQUIRING & SHARING SKILLS:

• Learns new equipment or technology and is able to use with minimal supervision
• Exhibits a strong enough grasp of new skills to assist peers with newly-acquired knowledge

THINKING CREATIVELY:

• Applies meaning to projects as tied to coursework
• Uses abstract thinking to apply a tool or technology in a new way to carry out task
• Employs creative thinking and problem solving to arrive at end product

ACCOMPLISHING GOALS:

• Follows multi-step, procedure-based tasks in the correct order
• Realizes an idea from concept to finished project

RESPECTING SPACE & OTHERS:

• Uses tools in a safe and respectful manner
• Demonstrates care and neatness with equipment and shared space
• Respects copyright and intellectual property, gives credit when appropriate
• Shows empathy toward others by following rules of the space

We hope these competencies will help makerspace educators, teachers, professors, etc. come up with fun, inspiring, hands-on assignments with outcomes that can be easily assessed!