The gender gap remains one of the outstanding problems in engineering education. However, there are global learning communities with more than a decade that show sustainable statistics for learning and leadership in STEM environments. This research analyzes the participation of women in the Fab Lab-based learning environment of the Fab Academy in the geography of IEEE Region 8 and the 28 countries that graduated 721 students between 2009 and 2021. We analyze the 31.21% of women graduated and the specificity of its scope in each sub region, from the context of the learning environment to those who management a Fab Lab. Demonstrating a line that takes up learned knowledge, orienting them to learning and leadership.

Homo Faber 3.0 explora la domesticación, interpretación y aplicación de la fabricación digital de la región, que estimula la lógica de apropiación tecnológica del homo faber más allá de una simple curiosidad, automatización y personalización. Como práctica crítica, la apropiación visibiliza los procesos que crean los fundamentos de una cultura digital que establece agendas locales para otras zonas geográficas; además, implementa soluciones técnicas en sinergia con ecosistemas situados. Los 23 proyectos impulsan un sentido crítico y apropiación desde cuatro categorías: Low-High Technologies, Pedagogical Elements, Artist-Hacking y Mobile Fab Labs. Homo Faber 3.0. revela inspiraciones desde Argentina, Brasil Chile, Colombia, México y Perú que sintetizan su pensar desde el hacer en objetos, espacios y entornos.

Mathematicians and computational designers from a School of Architecture, explore visual programming in the environment of a design software with exercises of a basic mathematics course to overcome the limitations of hand drawing and computerized representation of geometry. We link the learning of geometry, which was associated with abstract aspects of mathematics, with the possibilities of solving design problems in the same environment that students use to design with technologies. Visual programming allowed to create and reuse formulas that modeled variations of different exercises, preparing the model for visualization and digital fabrication with 3D printing and laser cutting. This research promotes a learning experience using algorithms and personalized computer graphics throughout design learning and to value the use of mathematics to explore geometric possibilities in design prob...

This quantitative research analyzes the participation of Latin American women graduates in a Fab Lab-based learning environment in the IEEE Region 9, including 176 graduates from 11 countries between 2012 to 2023. We analyzed 20% (N=36) of Women graduates in Latin America in 24 of 303 Fab Labs, and we compared them with 361 Fab Academy graduates from countries of other nine IEEE regions. The results reveal differences, which indicate a lower number of graduates in the Andean sub-region compared to countries of the extreme south of America. This includes only 17% of Women managing a Fab Lab. Latin America demonstrates the lowest percentage of Women graduates and managers compared to other IEEE regions. This longitudinal analysis highlights for future research, beyond the academic issues that contribute to the reduction of the gender gap.

The recent increase in the amount of research on Distance Learning in Engineering, Technology, and Computing, produced by the adaptations in response to the sanitary emergency, makes it necessary to systematize, classify and analyze the current trends. This paper presents a meta-analysis of peer-reviewed papers written and published in the Iberoamerican region, regarding remote learning and distant teaching in ETC. Using PRISMA, we selected articles located in several academic repositories, which were classified in order to identify countries of origin, types of research (research, application, review), main keywords, and universities. The results were then analyzed to identify regional trends and possible lines of action to better ensure that the research efforts continue after the emergency.