Schedule
The conference schedule
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
When Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) | What | Who | Where |
09:30-10:00 | Conference start / social time | Conference participants | Virtual campus |
10:00-10:30 | Welcome by the conference hosts | Dorit Assaf, Yungjin Oh St.Gallen University of Teacher education |
Zoom link |
10:30-10:45 | Welcome by the conference steering committee | Michail Giannakos, professor at the Department of Computer Science of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Zoom link |
11:00-12:00 | Paper session I
“Variety of learning opportunities” Chair: Janet C Read |
Paper 1: Designing Effective Playful Experiences for Sustainability Awareness in Schools and Makerspaces
Paper 2: Entrepreneurship Education Meets FabLab: Lessons Learned With Teenagers |
Zoom link |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch break / social time | Conference participants | Virtual campus |
13:00-14:30 Workshop 1
12:00-13:30 Workshop 2 13:00-15:00 Workshop 3 |
Workshops | Workshop 1: Incorporating Maker-Centered Learning in Formal Education (90 min) | Zoom link Workshop 1
Zoom link Workshop 2 Zoom link Workshop 3 |
14:30-15:30 | Coffee break / social time | Conference participants | Virtual campus |
15:30-16:30 | Keynote
“Re-Making our Worlds: Transforming STEM Learning Spaces” |
Speaker:
Brian Gravel, Ph.D.
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Zoom link |
16:30-17:30 | Social event
Improv show live from the UK |
The Maydays | Zoom link |
Thursday, June 3, 2021
When Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) | What | Who | Where |
08:30-09:00 | Conference start / social time | Conference participants | Virtual campus |
09:00-09:15 | Welcome by the conference hosts | Dorit Assaf, Yunjin Oh St.Gallen University of Teacher education |
Zoom link |
09:15-10:15 | Paper session II
“Maker education and pedagogues” Chair: Bernadette Spieler |
Paper 4: The Connected Qualities of Design Thinking and Maker Education practices in Early Education: A narrative review
Paper 5: Scaling Digital Design Literacy in K-9 Through the Fellowship Program |
Zoom link |
10:15-11:00 | The Maydays featured workshop on creativity, ideation, and communication (prior workshop registration required!)
or social time |
The Maydays (workshop)
or conference participants (social time)
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Zoom link Maydays Workshop1
Zoom link Maydays Workshop2 or virtual campus (social time) |
11:00-12:00 | Demo and poster (work-in-progress-papers) session I | Short poster and demo pitches
Poster 2: A Maker Approach For The Future Of Learning Poster 6: Make4Change: Empowering Unemployed Youth through Digital Fabrication |
Zoom link for pitch session then virtual campus |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch break | Conference participants | Virtual campus |
13:00-14:00 | Demo and poster (work-in-progress-papers) session II | Short poster and demo pitches Poster 1: Towards Better Understanding Maker EcosystemsPoster 3: Social Necklace Project: A student-made gadget to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic
Poster 8: Three Approaches for Shaping Safety Culture in Digital Fabrication: A Research Roadmap
Poster 9: The Fab Lab Classroom: Scaffolding STEM Concepts by Adopting and Adapting Design Thinking
Demo 2: «iMake-IT»: Invent, Code, and Shape Your World!
Demo 4: Zine Machines – A Tinkering Kit Involving Math and Making |
Zoom link for pitch session then virtual campus |
14:00-14:15 | Coffee break / social time | Conference participants | Virtual campus |
14:15-15:15 | Keynote panel discussion
“Opportunities for science literacies for children” Chair: Michail Giannakos, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway |
Panel members Vanessa Camillieri University of Malta (UM) Elias Stouraitis PALLADIO, Greece Pavlos Koulouris, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece |
Zoom link |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee break / social time | Conference participants | Virtual campus |
15:45-17:00 | Paper session III
“Challenges and emotions in learning experiences” Chair: Netta Iivari |
Paper 7: Faces Don’t Lie: Analysis of Children’s Facial expressions during Collaborative Coding
Paper 8: Frustration as an opportunity for learning: Review of literature Paper 9: Facilitating Online Distributed Critical Making: Lessons Learned |
Zoom link |
17:00-17:30 | Conference closing | Conference hosts and steering committee | Zoom link |