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fablabs.io

A Community Platform Enhancement

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Developed from the Fabbers, for the Fabbers

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Fablabs.io

Since its inception, fablabs.io has been an important platform to learn more about the people, capabilities and technical information in our community to guide many of us do the work to create positive impact

There has also been some feedback on how we can help others especially those who are new to get some of these information

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Voice of the Community

  • Connects different information about the people, skills, labs, machines, projects that exist in the community
  • Allows the community to highlight the usefulness of the information
  • Is intuitive for all kinds of users

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Mentor

Creator

Knowledge Seeker

Supporter

Networker

Collaborator

Advocate

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These pillars are undergirded by a need to make connections so that members (the new ones especially) can learn from the community, make connections for support and access the right technologies that are needed for them to do their work to create positive impacts in the world they live and work in

Collaboration

for Social Good

Equal Opportunities for Learning

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Equal Access

to Resources

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The Pillars of our Community

Embrace Diversity

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These pillars are undergirded by a need to make connections so that members (the new ones especially) can learn from the community, find support and access the right technologies that are needed for them to do their work to create positive impacts in the world they live and work in

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Enhancing the fablabs.io Experience

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Public Beta

March 2023

Co-creation

Session 1

October 2022

Bali Fest

Q1 2024

Bhutan ’23

Prototype Pilot

Co-creation Session 2

May

Nov 2021

Envision Workshop

July

Current User Experience synthesised form:

  • Data from Envisioning Workshops
  • Fab All-In User Survey
  • Bali Fab Fest 2022

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Bali Fab Fest 2022

  • Learnt so much from users on pain points to make new connections, set up a new fablab

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Minimum Viable Ecosystem (MVE) of the enhanced platform

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Increasing Accessibility: Curated Knowledge

A Curated Knowledge Hub that allows Fabbers to connect and innovate with the community

Curated Resources Hub

Accessing Curated Resources in a modular or phased way

Support System: Care Package - To provide Fabbers with a support system care package they need to continue growing

Bridging the Digital Gap

Bridging digital gap using FabLab as learning platform

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Proposed Enhancements

  • Connects different information about the people, skills, labs, machines, projects that exist in the community
  • Allows the community to highlight the usefulness of the information
  • Is intuitive for all kinds of users

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Mentor

Creator

Knowledge Seeker

Supporter

Networker

Collaborator

Advocate

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Key Interaction Screens

Landing Page:

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Map:

Key Interaction Screens

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Toggles on Map to get information on labs, people, project & machines that are linked:

Key Interaction Screens

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Toggles on Map to get information on labs, people, project & machines that linked:

Key Interaction Screens

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Key Interaction Screens