Developing new approaches to equitable education for a growing diversity of students at the university

Abstract

Promoting equitable education among diversity groups of university students is the main goal of a program designed by Fab Lab Madrid CEU, the digital fabrication laboratory based at CEU University, through new learning approaches and open access to digital fabrication facilities. The present paper describes a case study in which architectural students that come to the university classroom with a different background and cultural context, at risk of poverty and social exclusion, engage in on-site and remote access to digital fabrication technologies through a platform designed for the Horizon 2020 European Union Project NEWTON (Networked Labs for Training Science and Technologies). The platform is an innovative tool that provides technology-enhanced learning to improve learner quality experiences for all.