FAB LAB: SHIFTING E-LEARNING FROM BITS TO ATOMS International Fab Lab Association Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands) Lindi Mophuti (South Africa) 1 2012 –Pieter van der Hijden ([email protected]) and Lindi Mophuti ([email protected]) - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Fab Lab: shifting e-learning from bits to atoms; International Fab Lab Association; Pieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands); Lindi Mophuti (South Africa); Presented at "eLearning Africa 2012"; Cotonou, Bénin, 23-25 May 2012.
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FAB LAB: SHIFTING E-LEARNING FROM BITS TO ATOMS
International Fab Lab AssociationPieter van der Hijden (The Netherlands)
Lindi Mophuti (South Africa)
2012 –Pieter van der Hijden ([email protected]) and Lindi Mophuti ([email protected]) - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Strengths Range of high-tech tools and hand tools Fixed and Mobile Fab Labs as a platform
Weaknesses Geographical positioning Sustainable funding model Too many visions
Opportunities Alignment with National Priorities Integration of school curricula into Fab Lab model Linkages with other similar initiatives
Threats Support staff turnaround (retention of capable staff) Lack of support from identified partners
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FAB LAB AFRICA: PERSPECTIVE
Coming soon
Fab Lab Africa Network Alliance (FAN)
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CONCLUSION
From bits to atoms, welcome next step in exploring, learning and training
eLearning extended to learning to design, learning to make (worldwide)
Where to start?
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CONCLUSION
Movie “A Fab Lab in three words” by Susanna Tesconi, Fab Lab Barcelona
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REFERENCES
Business model generation; a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers; Alexander Osterwalder et al.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ, USA, 2010.
CBA - The Center for Bits and Atoms; web site; http://cba.mit.edu/ Design Thinking for Educators; Design Team Riverdale Country School and IDEO; 2011. Fab Central; website; http://fab.cba.mit.edu/ Fab Lab Locations; FabWiki; website; http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs Fab; the coming revolution on your desktop; from personal computers to personal fabrication; Neil
Gershenfeld; Basic Books, New York, USA, 2005. FabLab Business Models; presentation to the first Artilect FabLab Conférence; Peter Troxler;
Toulouse, 20-23 October 2011. FabYearBook 2011; another year of growth; Ton Zijlstra (ed.); 2011. International Fab Lab Association; web site; http://www.fablabinternational.org Open design now; why design cannot remain exclusive; Bas van Abel et al.; Bis Publishers,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010. Special report: Manufacturing and Innovation; The Economist; print edition 21 April 2012. Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report, Based on 53 Country Surveys; Glen
Farrell & Shafika Isaacs (eds.); infoDev / World Bank, Washington DC, USA, 2007. The butterfly paper no.1; Sophie Koers; Butterfly Works; 2008. The futures of technology in Africa; Jasper Grosskurth; STT, The Hague, The Netherlands, 2010. Transformation-Ready: The strategic application of information and communication technologies in
Africa; Education Sector Study; Lishan Adam et al.; African Development Bank, the World Bank and the African Union; 2011.
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THANK YOU!
International Fab Lab Associationwww.fablabinternational.org
Pieter van der HijdenSofos Consultancy, The Netherlands – [email protected]