Project INSIGNIAS

Inspiring Engineering Identity Advancement in Makerspaces

INSIGNIAS: Inspiring Engineering Identity Advancement in Makerspaces

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Engineering Education and Centers

Overview

This research project aims to evaluate digital badging in makerspaces as a pedagogical strategy to support the development of engineering identity and belongingness.

Project Team

Hannah Budinoff, Principal Investigator

Edward Berger, Co-Principal Investigator

Ann Shivers-McNair, Senior Personnel

Jannatul Bushra, Graduate Student Researcher

Resources & Products

Budinoff, H. D., & Berger, E. J., & Bushra, J., & Shivers-McNair, A. (2023, June). Using Badging to Promote Makerspace Participation and Engineering Identity Development: Emergent Themes and Lessons Learned from a Pilot. 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--43165
Budinoff, H., & Shivers-McNair, A., & Bushra, J., & Berger, E. J. (2024, June). Finding Meaning in Makerspaces: Exploring How Gender Influences Makerspace Definitions Among First-Year Engineering Students. 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--46857

These materials are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant #2204738. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.