COSI

The Center for Science & Industry (COSI), in partnership with the Columbus Idea Foundry and the Columbus Museum of Art, will increase staffing to focus on program development for COSI’s Center for Innovation. The three partners will collaboratively develop and implement “maker” educational programs at STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) high schools and within their own organizations that focus on 21st century and innovation skill building. Sharing staff will spark a culture shift in each partner organization in order to more deeply understand each other and to develop programs that embody the maker values of collaboration, risk-taking, creativity, and personalized learning. The program will train staff to “educate to innovate” using outcomes-based learning tools and evaluation.