The Learning Commons Makerspace gives you the space and tools to engage with your coursework, your career aspirations, and your personal goals in new, exciting, and meaningful ways. It’s a place for creating, learning, brainstorming, innovating, and playing! Collaborate with your classmates on projects and assignments, or create materials for presentations or personal enrichment, while simultaneously enhancing and refining your problem-solving and critical thinking skills to promote innovation!
Besides being a space to think and learn, the Makerspace is a perfect place to play – really! Research shows there is a connection between busy hands and brain chemistry. When we use our hands in ways that don’t require much cognitive effort, we give our brains an opportunity to process and consolidate information behind the scenes.
So, if you’re in the Learning Commons studying for an exam, reading a chapter in your textbook, or trying to learn a new concept, take a break and visit the Makerspace to explore the Multisensory Collection. Create with Legos, dig into kinetic sand, pull and squeeze some thinking putty, or twirl a magnetic fidget spinner. Learning has never felt so fun!
Mon-Thurs: 7:30am-6:00pm
Fri: 7:30am-2:00pm
Sat-Sun: Closed
Our Campus LCs in Easley, Oconee, and Anderson have Makerspaces too! Visit them during each LC's open hours:
| Campus Makerspaces | ||
|---|---|---|
| Easley | Oconee | Anderson |
| Staffed: M-Th: 8:00am-2:00pm. The Easley LC is staffed M-Th 8 AM - 2PM, but students are welcome to use low-tech items any time. |
Staffed: M and W: 8:00 am-1:00 pm; T and Th: 7:30 am - 12:30 pm; F: 8:00 am - 1:00pm. The facility is available for use until 5:00pm, M-TH and until 2:00pm on Fridays |
Staffed: M-F: 9:00am-2:00pm. The Anderson LC is staffed M-F 9 AM - 2PM, but students are welcome to use low-tech items any time. |
All of the Campus Makerspaces have:
The Pendleton Campus Makerspace also has:
and various "low-tech" project supports and supplies that can be used when the space is unstaffed. Stop in any time the Learning Commons is open!
Updated throughout the semester, this page gives details for each event. Registration is encouraged, but not required unless otherwise noted. Please feel free to drop in!
