Digital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainability
Abstract Maker Majlis, based in Qatar, was the first manifestation of a localised human-centred design makerspace in the Arabian Gulf region that went digital during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a coalescence of three broad ideas: human-centred design thinking, sustainability and Islamic values. Th...
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| description | Abstract Maker Majlis, based in Qatar, was the first manifestation of a localised human-centred design makerspace in the Arabian Gulf region that went digital during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a coalescence of three broad ideas: human-centred design thinking, sustainability and Islamic values. The digital makerspace hosted 229 participants from 25 countries. This paper aims to outline this platform and its programs and preliminarily assess their capacity to develop twenty-first century skills based on participants’ survey results of their learning experience. In doing so it also explores more broadly the role of informal digital makerspaces as a non-traditional educational approach in education for sustainable development. Overall, the findings indicate multifaceted positive benefits of these programmes on participants’ learning experiences, citizenship values, personal development, and holistic growth with ethical and social values. The participants valued the human-centered design and mentoring aspects of the programs for enhancing creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Moreover, the programs promoted global citizenship by enabling collaboration across different backgrounds, and nurturing qualities such as confidence, self-respect, and respect for others. This research underscores the potential of digital makerspaces to serve as innovative educational models that support lifelong learning as well as the implementation of digital civics pedagogy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61d8be507c0b452abbba3b2f5c3b28902025-08-20T02:48:30ZengSpringerDiscover Education2731-55252025-02-014111710.1007/s44217-025-00413-wDigital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainabilityIkram Sellami0Hira Amin1Ozcan Ozturk2Alina Zaman3Seda Duygu Sever4Evren Tok5Hamad Bin Khalifa UniversityHamad Bin Khalifa UniversityHamad Bin Khalifa UniversityHamad Bin Khalifa UniversityCarnegie Mellon University in QatarHamad Bin Khalifa UniversityAbstract Maker Majlis, based in Qatar, was the first manifestation of a localised human-centred design makerspace in the Arabian Gulf region that went digital during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a coalescence of three broad ideas: human-centred design thinking, sustainability and Islamic values. The digital makerspace hosted 229 participants from 25 countries. This paper aims to outline this platform and its programs and preliminarily assess their capacity to develop twenty-first century skills based on participants’ survey results of their learning experience. In doing so it also explores more broadly the role of informal digital makerspaces as a non-traditional educational approach in education for sustainable development. Overall, the findings indicate multifaceted positive benefits of these programmes on participants’ learning experiences, citizenship values, personal development, and holistic growth with ethical and social values. The participants valued the human-centered design and mentoring aspects of the programs for enhancing creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Moreover, the programs promoted global citizenship by enabling collaboration across different backgrounds, and nurturing qualities such as confidence, self-respect, and respect for others. This research underscores the potential of digital makerspaces to serve as innovative educational models that support lifelong learning as well as the implementation of digital civics pedagogy.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00413-wDigital makerspacesDigital civicsDigital citizenshipEducation for sustainable developmentLocalisation |
| spellingShingle | Ikram Sellami Hira Amin Ozcan Ozturk Alina Zaman Seda Duygu Sever Evren Tok Digital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainability Discover Education Digital makerspaces Digital civics Digital citizenship Education for sustainable development Localisation |
| title | Digital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainability |
| title_full | Digital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainability |
| title_fullStr | Digital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainability |
| title_short | Digital, localised and human-centred design makerspaces: nurturing skills, values and global citizenship for sustainability |
| title_sort | digital localised and human centred design makerspaces nurturing skills values and global citizenship for sustainability |
| topic | Digital makerspaces Digital civics Digital citizenship Education for sustainable development Localisation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00413-w |
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