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“Do it yourself is more than just a trend for crafts and home improvements -- it is an ethos that has reached higher education.” Schroder, R (2019).
“A do-it-yourself mindset is changing the face of education worldwide, according to new survey results. Learners are "patching together" their education from a "menu of options," including self-teaching, short courses and bootcamps, and they believe that self-service instruction will become even more prevalent for lifelong learning. In the United States specifically, 84 percent of people said learning would become even more self-service the older they get.” Schroder, R (2019)
DIY has become part of a culture. Holtzman, Hughes and Van Meter (2007) explains DIY as something that is fluid, constantly being modified and expanded by its participants (p.45). The nature of DIY has the participants to use their competencies (i.e. critical and creative thinking, collaboration, communication) in pursuing their objectives. Kafai and Peppler (2011) states “...participatory competencies needed in this new media landscape…” (p.89).
In Education, there has been renewed focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills. 21st century education focuses on problem-solving, collaboration, creative thinking, critical thinking, and social awareness. The DIY or “Do-It-Youself” can facilitate innovative processes of learning, knowledge construction, and knowledge sharing (Hemphill and Leskowitz, 2012, p.58).
“A do-it-yourself mindset is changing the face of education worldwide, according to new survey results. Learners are "patching together" their education from a "menu of options," including self-teaching, short courses and bootcamps, and they believe that self-service instruction will become even more prevalent for lifelong learning. In the United States specifically, 84 percent of people said learning would become even more self-service the older they get.” Schroder, R (2019)
DIY has become part of a culture. Holtzman, Hughes and Van Meter (2007) explains DIY as something that is fluid, constantly being modified and expanded by its participants (p.45). The nature of DIY has the participants to use their competencies (i.e. critical and creative thinking, collaboration, communication) in pursuing their objectives. Kafai and Peppler (2011) states “...participatory competencies needed in this new media landscape…” (p.89).
In Education, there has been renewed focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills. 21st century education focuses on problem-solving, collaboration, creative thinking, critical thinking, and social awareness. The DIY or “Do-It-Youself” can facilitate innovative processes of learning, knowledge construction, and knowledge sharing (Hemphill and Leskowitz, 2012, p.58).
What is DIY learning and where does it sit on the educational spectrum? Click through this infographic to explore more:
We are in a DIY era
DIY is empowering people to do things only professionals used to be able to. The overarching social trend of information and the evolution of the internet is entwined with DIY culture. Knowledge and know-how are predominately open and accessible to a global audience that has never been seen before in histroy.
DIY is in our schools
Many educational policies continue to focus on the skills that students will need to be successful global citizens (OECD, 2019). Many Applied Design, Skills, and Technology curricula address these skills and their relationship to DIY. For instance, these are some “Big Ideas” laid out in the ADST curriculum such as:
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- Design for the life cycle includes consideration of social and environmental impacts. (11-12)
- Design choices require the evaluation and refinement of skills. (11-12)
- Tools and technologies can be adapted for specific purposes. (11-12)
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The 7 Principles of Learning
On a more global level, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has developed a set of principles that they recommend will help create "powerful learners, skilled workers, and engaged citizens” (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2018). These principles include:
- Learners at the centre
- The social nature of learning
- Emotions are integral to learning
- Recognising individual differences
- Stretching all students
- Assessment for learning
- Building horizontal connections
The 7 Principles of Learning laid out by the OECD can easily be connected to the concept, skills, and experience that design thinking brings into the classroom. Specifically, in this workshop series, we will be looking at the social nature of learning and how design thinking is an excellent tool in schools for developing collaboration and communication skills.
There are many DIY projects that teachers and students can pursue. Vandevelde et al. (2016) provides robotics as an example of a very effective way of motivating and supporting many areas of the curriculum (p.522). Schön, Ebner & Kumar (2014) explains the maker movement in education where students are active learners and teachers are facilitators (p.8-9). |
Social Media Buzz of DIY
Browse between the different social media to see different DIY perspectives.
References
Bates, A. W. (2019). Students - Teaching in a Digital Age. Retrieved from Open Text BC: https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/9-2-the-sections-model/
Government of British Columbia. (2019). British Columbia’s New Curriculum: Core Competencies. Retrieved from https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/competencies
Government of British Columbia. (2020). British Columbia’s New Curriculum: Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies. Retrieved from https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/adst
Holtzman, B., Hughes, C., & Van Meter, K. (2007). Do it yourself… and the movement beyond capitalism. Constituent imagination: militant investigations//collective theorization, 44-61.
Imperial College London. (2019). Bloom's taxonomy [image]. Retrieved from Imperial College London: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/staff/educational-development/teaching-toolkit/intended-learning-outcomes/blooms-taxonomy/
Jenkins, Henry (2009). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture media education for the 21st century. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Kafai, Y. B., & Peppler, K. (2011). Youth, technology, and DIY: Developing participatory competencies in creative media production. Review of Research in Education, 35(1), 89-119. doi:10.3102/0091732X10383211
Kim, P. (2012). Designing a new learning environment. [YouTube, 8 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8ZBuysdWA
Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall.
Langley School District. (2015). The 4-5 Design Thinking process [Graphic]. Retrieved from https://instructionalservices.sd35.bc.ca/curriculum/adst-computational-thinkingdesign-thinking/
Mohomed, I., & Dutta, P. (2015). THE age of DIY and dawn of the maker movement. ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review, 18(4), 41-43. doi:10.1145/2721914.2721929
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2010). The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/education/ceri/50300814.pdf
Schroder, R. (2019). The rise of do-it-yourself education. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from URL: https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/rise-do-it-yourself-education
Schön, S. (2014). Reasons for Making in Education [Graphic]. Retrieved from https://de.slideshare.net/mebner/open-educational-resources-das-bildungssystem-braucht-sie
Schön, S., Ebner, M., & Kumar, S. (2014). The Maker Movement. Implications of new digital gadgets, fabrication tools and spaces for creative learning and teaching. eLearning Papers, 39, 14-25.
TED (2011). Dale Dougherty: We are makers [Youtube, 11:47 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrB6npbwVQ&feature=emb_title
TED (2016). Easy DIY projects for kid engineers | Fawn Qiu [Youtube, 7:03 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k89OTpDvIU&feature=emb_title
TEDx Talks (2018). Creating a DIY Education | Daniel Carmichael | TEDxYouth@MBJH [Youtube, 12:02 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmqqZdJs-mQ&feature=emb_title
Vandevelde, C., et al. (2016). Design and evaluation of a DIY construction system for educational robot kits. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 26(4), 521-540. doi:10.1007/s10798-015-9324-1
Wikipedia (2020). Informal learning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_learning
Bates, A. W. (2019). Students - Teaching in a Digital Age. Retrieved from Open Text BC: https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/9-2-the-sections-model/
Government of British Columbia. (2019). British Columbia’s New Curriculum: Core Competencies. Retrieved from https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/competencies
Government of British Columbia. (2020). British Columbia’s New Curriculum: Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies. Retrieved from https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/adst
Holtzman, B., Hughes, C., & Van Meter, K. (2007). Do it yourself… and the movement beyond capitalism. Constituent imagination: militant investigations//collective theorization, 44-61.
Imperial College London. (2019). Bloom's taxonomy [image]. Retrieved from Imperial College London: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/staff/educational-development/teaching-toolkit/intended-learning-outcomes/blooms-taxonomy/
Jenkins, Henry (2009). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture media education for the 21st century. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Kafai, Y. B., & Peppler, K. (2011). Youth, technology, and DIY: Developing participatory competencies in creative media production. Review of Research in Education, 35(1), 89-119. doi:10.3102/0091732X10383211
Kim, P. (2012). Designing a new learning environment. [YouTube, 8 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8ZBuysdWA
Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice-Hall.
Langley School District. (2015). The 4-5 Design Thinking process [Graphic]. Retrieved from https://instructionalservices.sd35.bc.ca/curriculum/adst-computational-thinkingdesign-thinking/
Mohomed, I., & Dutta, P. (2015). THE age of DIY and dawn of the maker movement. ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review, 18(4), 41-43. doi:10.1145/2721914.2721929
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2010). The Nature of Learning: Using Research to Inspire Practice. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/education/ceri/50300814.pdf
Schroder, R. (2019). The rise of do-it-yourself education. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from URL: https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/rise-do-it-yourself-education
Schön, S. (2014). Reasons for Making in Education [Graphic]. Retrieved from https://de.slideshare.net/mebner/open-educational-resources-das-bildungssystem-braucht-sie
Schön, S., Ebner, M., & Kumar, S. (2014). The Maker Movement. Implications of new digital gadgets, fabrication tools and spaces for creative learning and teaching. eLearning Papers, 39, 14-25.
TED (2011). Dale Dougherty: We are makers [Youtube, 11:47 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrB6npbwVQ&feature=emb_title
TED (2016). Easy DIY projects for kid engineers | Fawn Qiu [Youtube, 7:03 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k89OTpDvIU&feature=emb_title
TEDx Talks (2018). Creating a DIY Education | Daniel Carmichael | TEDxYouth@MBJH [Youtube, 12:02 mins.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmqqZdJs-mQ&feature=emb_title
Vandevelde, C., et al. (2016). Design and evaluation of a DIY construction system for educational robot kits. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 26(4), 521-540. doi:10.1007/s10798-015-9324-1
Wikipedia (2020). Informal learning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_learning