Makers’ Studio: Enabling Education and Skill Development Through ICT

Education has been evolving with the advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT). The pace of this modernization is determined by the requirements of the society and the technological developments. Although online mode of education has existed since past four decades, an abrupt shift to completely online mode during COVID-19 exposed the lack of proper infrastructure and technological solutions for the same. This article contributes to fill-in this gap and proposes a community-based approach of learning via the establishment of Makers’ Studios, where all the stakeholders of the academic community will have contributions and takeaways. Makers’ Studio will be a public premise providing access to its members of numerous ICT-enabled educational facilities that would, otherwise, be inaccessible or expensive for an individual. This article describes working of the Makers’ Studio, analyze its return-on-investment, and presents role of its stakeholders, i.e., learners, instructors, academic institutions, policy makers, industry, and independent bodies.