Radford University has developed an ecosystem of MakerSpaces to empower faculty and students create the objects of their imagination. The following locations are available to students.
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) New Media Center. THE CITL, located in McConnell Library, 2nd floor (main entrance room 271), represents a base of operations for the convergence of media, design, making, outreach, innovation, research and creativity-driven teaching and learning. Lab resources include hardware and software for digital media creation, software development, scanning, electronic presentations, desktop audio and video, and CD/DVD creation. In addition, the space houses stations for sewing, vinyl cutting, heat pressing, drone research, badge/button creation, and Max/MSP and Raspberry Pi development.
Faculty, staff and student activities range consultation; small group workshops; mentoring; faculty development; teaching systems R&D; media convergence; electronics and robotics; instructional media developmental programming and design; K12 and community outreach; and, digital media creation and management.
The CITL also maintains the iLAB workspace (room 220). This area contains modular furniture and the Crestron classroom technology system, and can be configured for classroom sessions and meetings, workshops and ad-hoc Make activities.
The Radford University Maker Space at the Artis Center is an interdisciplinary general-purpose fabrication education center open to all current students and faculty. Located in rooms 207, 209 and 211, the space serves a research laboratory, artistic studio, wood shop, and classroom dedicated to the creation of digital and physical artifacts. The maker space is staffed by full time fabrication experts willing to meet students and faculty where they are at, whether they have a napkin sketch or a CAD model and empower them to take it to a finished product or project. It is open by appointment. Official hours are coming soon.
Capabilities include:
Peery Makerspace. Maker movement, and is located in the Peery Residence Hall as an anchor for our Makers living-learning community. Faculty from the Colleges of Visual and Performing Arts, Science and Technology, and Business and Economics are the leaders in this initiative. The students in the living-learning community are the primary users of the space, with dedicated staff for approximately 30 hours per week. Students and faculty are able to utilize the space equipped with 3-D printers, power tools, a laser cutter, and more at any time during the Makerspace operational hours.
Peery Hall Makerspace Hours