Universidad San Francisco de Quito
IN-48: Innovation B
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.50 / 0.50 |
Maria Jose
Ayala Innovation and Sustainability Officer Innovation and Sustainability Office |
Name or title of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome that outlines how credit criteria are met and any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation:
The School Fab Lab is a project in collaboration with Schlumberger and its SEED (Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development) project. Students and professors from various disciplines of USFQ give life to educational projects within the laboratory, which has state-of-the-art technology installed collaboratively. The objective of the School Fab Lab is to facilitate and promote the manufacture of different prototypes with state-of-the-art machinery and technology, in addition to enabling the effective materialization of ideas.
The USFQ School Fab Lab focuses on digital design, fabrication and robotics, and has 8 technology stations with which class sessions are taught to teachers and students from Quito and the East, promoting experiential learning of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics).
The School Fab Lab was designed with the Fab Foundation, who also developed a platform with material for workshops for school teachers on the use of new technologies. The project has 300 beneficiaries and the collaboration between the careers of Education, Computer Science and Industrial Engineering; it was recognized as an outstanding practice of SDG 4 by Global Compact Network Ecuador in 2020.
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise or a press release or publication featuring the innovation :
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
News report on the Fab Lab SDG RECOGNITION: https://www.ekosnegocios.com/articulo/reconocimiento-ods-a-las-buenas-practicas-de-desarrollo-sostenible
News article on the Fab Lab project: https://noticias.usfq.edu.ec/2021/11/el-school-fab-lab-fortalece-su-impacto.html
News report on the Fab Lab SDG RECOGNITION: https://www.ekosnegocios.com/articulo/reconocimiento-ods-a-las-buenas-practicas-de-desarrollo-sostenible
News article on the Fab Lab project: https://noticias.usfq.edu.ec/2021/11/el-school-fab-lab-fortalece-su-impacto.html
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