by Nick | Dec 21, 2023 | Block Coding, Class Project, Maker Commons, Rapid Prototyping, Robotics
Stephen Kanicki’s 16 IST 331 students received an initial training revolving around building and modifying robot racers and then spent the next several weeks developing working prototypes of (and instructions to build) robots designed to appeal to 10-12 year olds....
by Nick | Jul 8, 2022 | Report
Summary Spring 2022 saw 7,434 students and faculty use the Media Commons, Maker Commons, and Immersive Experiences Lab initiatives across the Commonwealth. Much of this use was focused in 213 classes in nearly every discipline offered at Penn State. To facilitate...
by Nick | Dec 13, 2021 | News
One Button Studio 2.0 Launches Across the Commonwealth Check out our new One Button Studio overview to see how it all comes together ↗ In the Fall 2021 semester, Media Commons embarked on the ambitious (and somewhat rushed, due to pandemic stops and starts in the...
by Nick | Jan 8, 2021 | News, Report
please refer to report pages referenced in the ↑ infographic – and click on it for a high quality .pdf Fall 2020 Report Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State provided enhanced flexibility to faculty and students to choose how they wanted to teach and...
by Nick | Jun 8, 2020 | News, Report
Spring 2020 Report Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic that caused Penn State to switch to remote learning beginning March 16th, several Media Commons, Maker Commons, and Immersive Experiences Lab services had to quickly change processes to adjust to the new...