The makers' movement and fablabs in education: Experiences, technologies, and research

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 613-616

  Blikstein, Paulo ^a   Krannich, Dennis ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Digital Fabrication; Education; FabLabs; Making

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIONISM; DIGITAL FABRICATION; FABLABS; INFORMAL EDUCATIONS; MAKING; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; THREE CATEGORIES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; EDUCATION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84880516588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2485760.2485884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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