Short presentation on creative learning, maker education and giving students choice in how, where and when they learn using social media.

1. Maker Education, Social Media and Creative
Learning in the Biosciences: giving students choice
TWEET @ka81
Caroline Keep
SEB London: Teaching and Communicating Science in a Digital Age
15-17th Dec
#SEBEd14
@SEBiologyHEdW rks

2. Fighting the tide of R.E.P.S. and C.A.V.Es?

3. An alternative
teaching and
learning
universe
‘Who-topia’:

4. The T.A.R.D.I.S effect
A peak through the wormhole

5. Providing Choice

6. Forget timetables… let students learn when
THEY want to (n= 691 posts)

7. Forget the lecture hall…let students learn on
the move…

8. Forget R.E.P.S
We use
TASKPRODS
and let
students
choose how
they wish to
show their
learning

9. Why is this
important?

10. It also
encourages
creativity…
“I call this piece “Frequency Histogram with Guinea Pig”

11. Stats Guides

12. Stats Video Guide

13. Data Collection:
DIY experiments / observational studies
The output
Result

14. Silence is not golden: vocalisations help in
pain relief
Testing for normality
Repeated measures
Swearing can help...

15. Vodka Jelly experiments: setting time and effects on
reaction time after consumption

16. The independent T Test was carried out
and there was a significant difference
in the mean volume (cm3) of gummy
bears in water (n=10) and in salt water
(n=10) (t9.023 = 15.002, P<0.001). The
mean (±SE) volume of gummy bears in
water and salt water were 19.04 ± 0.99
and 2.14 ± 0.04 (cm3) .

17. Static Electricity: does hair length affect how
far you can move a coke can?
Figure 1: The relationship between hair length (cm) and the distance
travelled (cm) after rubbing a balloon against the hair and using the static
to push the can.

18. Killing Time...
Running
Time
The
Movies

19. How to collect data in your sleep...

20. A world of utility apps & mods

21. Learning is
personal…
So why not let those who want to take risks?
Why not put the learner in charge.
Why not give students time to brainstorm,
invent, design, and build—and then time to
fix mistakes, improve, test, and improve
again…
Why not let them…
Think. Make. Learn. Share

22. Let them build Ornithopters

23. Let them build Rube Goldberg Machines

24. Let them take up whole rooms if they want to !

25. THINK
MAKE
LEARN
SHARE
Maker
Education:

26. Maker
Education: a
constellation of
exciting
opportunities
Computer controlled
fabrication devices

27. 123D catch™

28. Pepakura™

29. Computer controlled
fabrication devices
Physical computing
Maker
Education:
new learning
horizons

30. ‘Butterfly Pi’

31. STEAM

32. Computer controlled
fabrication devices
Physical computing
Coding
Maker
Education:
a kaleidoscope of
creativity

33. HEdW rks @HEdSpaceUK
Making in an academic context:
JMU’s Maker Education Working Group (#MEWG)

34. HEdW rks
THINKING

35. MAKING

36. LEARNING

37. SHARING

38. THINK. MAKE. LEARN. SHARE
Caroline Keep
@ka81
Mark Feltham
@markfeltham666
SEB London: Teaching and Communicating Science in a Digital Age
15-17th Dec
#SEBEd14
@SEBiologyHEdW rks

39. The students’ views
“It was awesome! Working in a group was fun as we were able to use each
other’s skills to our advantage.”
“I really enjoyed having the freedom to work on my stats in my own time...
the task set was more of a fun activity than an assignment! I feel I learned a
lot more than I would have done from lectures at 9am.”
“I have loved how it’s given more scope to take charge of my own work and work
under my own steam”
“Stats made so much more sense in the context of using actual data we had
collected.”
“I have thoroughly enjoyed this module as being able to carry out a project has
made learning and practicing statistics and SPSS so much easier

40. SO, what did the students think about Creative Learning???

41. Mini ‘MakerEd’ Faire