Hyperlocal Learning Network ‘La Campana-Altamira’: Using low-cost technologies to support maker education during lockdown times

Ching-Chiang, Lay-Wah Carolina; González-Nieto, Noé Abraham; Gaved, Mark; Jones, Derek; Lotz, Nicole; Díaz de León, Alejandra; Machado, Rafael and Fernández-Cárdenas, Juan Manuel (2021). Hyperlocal Learning Network ‘La Campana-Altamira’: Using low-cost technologies to support maker education during lockdown times. In: Proceedings of Communities and Technologies 2021, 20-25 Jun 2021, Seattle, USA (online).

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic worsened access to education and socio-economic development opportunities for marginalized communities around the globe. ‘Hyperlocal Learning Network La Campana-Altamira’ has used low-cost technologies to target this challenge in a city in the Northeast region of Mexico. With the collaboration of academics from Mexico and the United Kingdom, the project in progress has aimed to build hyperlocal and creative learning networks under a socio-constructivist and grounded approach that could empower individuals (children, parents and general community) and nurture makerspace characteristics at home during lockdown. The project established a hyperlocal learning network in La Campana-Altamira with 11 families, using a combination of craft kits and low-cost digital networks to enable making, reflecting, and sharing in the neighbourhood while schools and makerspaces were closed. This paper presents initial findings of the research process and seeks to open a debate on innovative methods and transnational collaboration during pandemics.

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