Makers+ is a partnership between 8 european institutions dedicated to the creation and dissemination of training modules focused on skills in use in fabrication laboratories (Fab Lab) and Maker Spaces with an application in the Industry 4.0. Indeed, the Fab Lab/ Maker Space - freely accessible cooperative working and creating spaces that gather the flagship of high technologie equipement (such as Additive Printing, also known as 3D printing, Laser cutter, CNC , 3D scanners, etc) in use in several sectors of industry - are extremely relevant training tools to propose work based courses to a wide range of audience. To develop such courses, participants have surrounded themselves with relevant experts of different sectors such as - VET Schools - Training Centers for unemployed jobseekers - Governmental organization for Education - Fab Labs - Maker Spaces - Advisory body for developement of didactical Tools - ... This is How the COF (Belgium), Freie Maker of Aachen (Germany), The Fablab Lille (France), The Technical College of Reykjavik (Iceland), VESBE e.V(Germany), MAD for Europe (Spain), bit Schulungscenter (Austria) and the Konya Provincial Directorate of National Education (Turkey) have teamed up to develop face to face trainings in these eleven topics : 1) MAKER & MAKER SPACE CULTURE 2) CRAFT & MATERIALS 3) DOCUMENTATION 4) 2D CONCEPTION (CAD) 5) 2D CUTTING MACHINES CNC (Laser & vinyl) 6) MILLING (Precision & routers) 8) ELECTRONIC 1 (Generalities, Development board) 9) ELECTRONIC 2 (Design, Milling, PCBS) 10) PROGRAMING 11) 3D CONCEPTION (CAM) 12) 3D PRINTERS To assure the developement of a qualitive content, around 30 participants from 7 countries with several profils are involved in the project : Fablab / Maker Spaces managers Technical experts in different fields Teachers in different fields Web developpers Researches International Project coordinators Pedagocical experts Technicians These modules, evaluated by a committee of relevant experts (representatives of companies, education and Fab Lab/Maker Space) will be created and tested by the partners and teached to future trainers that will implement the course in their own structure. This way, the new skills and knowledge developped during the project will be transferable to the beneficiaries of partner organizations and accessible to external institutions. We hope that the european approach of these training modules will encourage and promote the acquisition of new relevant skills and the modility of numerous european citizens in this emerging sector. The stake is big, because the employability of the workers of today and tomorrow depends on the quality and the purpose of these courses.
By implementing a European approach in these training modules, we want to encourage and promote the acquisition of new relevant skills and the mobility of many European citizens in an emerging sector. To achieve this, the project focused on - The development of digital learning materials and tools to new digital and 3D technologies easily understandable and freely accessible to adults. - The creation of "common European courses" with a global approach, offering the possibility for trainees to integrate into a new sustainable field, to travel across Europe and to work in another country using the same skills. - The discovery, by training professionals, of other digital and 3D axes in order to improve their skills and develop new knowledge. - The sharing and exchange, between the partners, of their skills and educational practices to enrich the content of future training/courses/actions for our respective audiences.
Makers+ is a partnership between 7 European institutions dedicated to the creation and dissemination of training modules focused on the skills used in Fab Labs and Maker Spaces with an application in Industry 4.0. We live in a society where digital technology and rapid technological developments impact all aspects of our lives, leading to fundamental changes in professions and professional sectors. In fact, new digital tools are at the basis of the 4th technological and industrial (r)evolution, better known as Industry 4.0. The first objective was to be able to offer relevant training in new digital technologies for tomorrow's workers. Our approach is in line with the democratization of the training offer, by orienting our andragogical approach and by making our knowledge accessible to a vulnerable and under-educated public. The objective of such modules is also to open the different possibilities to the professional of training and teaching.