@ARTICLE{TBA, 

TITLE={[FORTHCOMING] From Kolòn to Digital Making: A Collaborative Platform to support Innovation and co-designing in communities of practice}, 
  
AUTHOR={Valérie Payen Jean Baptiste
, Kalliopi Benetos
, Schallum Pierre
, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
, Laurent Moccozet
, Valéry Psyché
, Jocelyne Kiss
, Giulia Ortolova, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, 
	
VOLUME={}, 

NUMBER={Forthcoming papers}, 
	
YEAR={2025}, 

URL={https://openscience.fr/From-Kolon-to-Digital-Making-A-Collaborative-Platform-to-support-Innovation-and}, 
	
DOI={TBA}, 
	
ISSN={2399-8571}, 
	
ABSTRACT={This research presents an innovative digital platform that combines the Haitian kolòn model with communities of practice theory to support projects’ co-design and collaborative learning in maker spaces. Build on a study involving 57 participants and five international maker communities, this platform has been designed to facilitate peer learning and skills development through a distributed mentoring system. Our results show significant improvements in collaborative capabilities and project success rates. The results highlight the co-creation process of a technological solution centered on a community-based, collaborative and inclusive approach. This work contributes to advancing Innovation and skills development in the field of digital fabrication by providing a framework for ‘learning by making together’ that bridges virtual and physical maker spaces.}}