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As the Maker movement<\/strong> is increasingly adopted in primary and secondary schools and Makerspaces<\/strong>, students have more opportunities to create unique, personalized projects and objects such as computer programs, robots, and DIY electronics and develop new abilities and skills. At the “Future of Makerspaces in Education” organized by the Cyprus Forum, Youth Makerspace Larnaka and Oxygono, an introduction to the Erasmus+ Assessmake21 project and what was achieved in the context of the development and piloting of a digital tool to assess the development of 21st-century skills<\/strong>. The event will continue with a panel discussion with three PhD candidates – Stella Timotheu, Giorgos Pallaris, and Dora Konstantinou – and early career researchers such as Andreas Papallas<\/strong>, working and researching digital creation and learning through space-making environments.<\/p>\n The panelists will share insights from their research and thoughts on what the future of Makerspaces in educational settings might be, especially in the Cypriot context.
\nThese crafting activities can foster young people’s creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills \u2013 key skills needed in the 21st-century workplace.<\/p>\n
\nThe panel will take place on September 17 at the Youth Makerspace Larnaca of the Cyprus Youth Organization<\/strong> and the participants will have the opportunity to get to know the space! It is noted that the discussion will be held in Greek.<\/p>\n