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There are no bad ideas – The Bloom Curtin Ideation Workshop
August 30th, 2018 by Library Makers Category: News and Events
By Charlene Lan On the 22nd of August Bloom Curtin hosted an ideation workshop at the Curtin Library Makers Space. In partnership with the founder of Petz Allowed, Ryan Carson, students explored design thinking techniques and processes, and its application to solving real-world problems. Ryan inspired attendees by sharing his...
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We were privileged to host a workshop facilitated by Associate Professor Tim Sherratt (University of Canberra), when he was in Perth recently to speak at #LODLAM18, a one day Digital Humanities symposium organised by Prof. Erik Champion and held at the Curtin HIVE. The pre-event Makerspace workshop was entitled “Enriching...
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Our Maker of Curtin this week is Matteo Vinci, a first year Engineering student who also works in the Makerspace as a Library Student Assistant. Before coming to Curtin he studied Electronics Engineering at TAFE and worked in various industries in IT and Communications/Electronics. Matteo, what kind of things do...
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This week our Maker of Curtin is Rebecca Kerr, a final year, part time, undergraduate Visualisation and Interactive Media student. Rebecca also works as a Library Student Assistant for Curtin Library, including the Makerspace. Rebecca, what do you like to make? I like making a range of different things. I...
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This is the first post of our new series, “Makers of Curtin”. Inspired by Humans of Curtin, we want to capture the stories of people who use the Library Makerspace, in their own words. Our first maker in the series is Occupational Therapy student, Erin Robertson. Erin, what do you...
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Our book chapter on Makerspaces and DH is published!
March 16th, 2018 by Karen Category: News and Events
We are excited that our chapter entitled “The Role of Responsive Library Makerspaces in Supporting Informal Learning in the Digital Humanities” in Digital Humanities, Libraries, and Partnerships: A Critical Examination of Labor, Networks and Community, edited by Robin Kear and Kate Joranson (Chandos, 2018) is now published. In the book,...
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Faculty of Health Sciences lecturer Claire Morrisby used the Makerspace’s VR equipment to augment her students’ learning. She kindly shared her positive experience: “I coordinate the gerontology units in the Occupational Therapy courses. Within these, one of the areas of practice we cover is home visiting with older adults, generally...
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When Silvia Lozeva is not a Strategy and Reporting Officer from Ethics, Equity and Social Justice, she coordinates an activity called ‘Go Learn!’ in the Makerspace. She told us about her experience below. “I run an activity, called Go Learn! which aims to bring lessons from the ancient board game...
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We love our Makerspace’s new home, and the extra space has enabled us to do so much more. Wai from Curtin Student Guild club AVRN Curtin values the Makerspace as a platform for discussion and education about immersive technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality. He said it is...
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Curtin University Professor of Cultural Visualisation and UNESCO Chair of Cultural Visualisation and Heritage, Professor Erik Champion enjoys being a part of the Makerspace community. He has participated in Makerspace events, run events with the Makerspace, supervised students and written book chapters with Makerspace staff. Some of Erik’s Makerspace highlights...