eCrafting Circles
eCrafting Circles integrate fine arts, design, engineering and technology into science education. The project supported informal learning and making collectives that share new designs using electronic textiles and printed electronics. The project offers a new model for informal science education that can serve underserved groups inside and outside of schools and science museums and ultimately intends to build an online community that can scale up locally and nationwide. Our design making & sharing portal ecrafting.org is launched on February 2014 for initial testing.
Contributors
Orkan Telhan, Barrie Addleberg, Karen Elinich, Deb Lui, Breanne Litts
Related Research
Telhan, O., Kafai, Y. B. & Litts, B (2016). Designing for Connected Making: Supports for Collaboration and Community Building in Crafting Activities. In K. Peppler, E. Halverson & Y.B. Kafai M. (Eds.), Makeology: Makerspaces as Learning Environments, Volume 1 (pp. 223-236). New York, NY: Routledge.