Abstract: As a new type of educational model， maker education is characterized by “hands-on， cooperation， sharing and creativity”， which is committed to cultivating innovative talents. At present， there exist some problems in the cultivation of innovative talents at colleges and universities such as the outdated platform， the shortage of professional teachers， the ossified curricula， and the deficiency of innovation culture. The development of maker education is helpful to solve these problems and enhance learners' innovation consciousness， innovative thinking， innovative knowledge and innovation capability. To implement maker education and cultivate innovative talents， the following steps should be taken—to construct maker space for the creative environment; to provide teachers of maker type for the instruction support; to improve the curriculum system for the teaching contexts; and to create a maker culture for the cultural atmosphere.

Key words: maker education, innovative talent, talent cultivation