期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2017
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：The Maker Mobile program is a new model for outreach at the faculty of engineering at the university of Ottawa that allows for yearlong delivery of high quality technology workshops to the community at large. Through the transportation of rapid prototyping technologies in a 12-foot orange cube truck, the Maker Mobile delivered more than 719 workshops and reached more than 14000 youth in the past year. In particular this program is helping teachers incorporate engineering into their classrooms through hands on design activities. This fosters interest for engineering while helping recruitment efforts. The Maker Mobile is also helping the faculty develop relationships with high schools, teachers and school boards for the development of new spin off outreach initiatives. The Maker mobile builds on a solid foundation for outreach at the faculty of engineering. Three important factors have contributed to the development of a strong foundation for our outreach program. These factors include developing processes that ensure sustainability and scalability, a strong association to the institution, which creates demand for programs and an internal support structure that ensures programs have the necessary resources to scale.
