Steve & I were just at a BC Educational Technology Group Spring Conference, and there heard about and met some folks that were running a digital storytelling course that was offered via traditional classroom registration, but also via an open course that anyone in the world could register for. Grant Potter, from UNBC, who is collaborating with us on another project, set up an Internet Radio station for participants to “tell their stories” either live or recorded on the open Internet. This is of massive interest to us because Steve’s triple loop process easily incorporates the “storytelling” process. Jonathon Dueck from Kent also referenced storytelling in his session with us.
Loop 1: Where does the learning “live”?
- Where can students go to be closer to the learning and/or the phenomenon-under-study?
- Imagine students taking your course. Where (what specific locations or situations) could they be situated that would allow them to learn something better than, or different than in, say a classroom?
- Now…go farther into your imagineering. What could they be doing with the mobile devices? Could they be writing a note, making an aaudio file, taking a picture, making a short video, texting?
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Explanation of Loop 2
Loop 2 involves the delivery of course concepts.
While Loop 1 focuses on the student’s personal experiences, Loop 2 contains concepts that will help the student to better understand and appreciate those experiences in relation to the learning outcomes of the course.
In Rec 2295, for example, I will be delivering about 20 course concepts. You can think of these concepts as bite-sized bits of course material.
Loop #3 Learning Activity
Choose one idea from your group members and post it here. In three sentences or less, describe the idea:
- What does Loop One look like?
- What content could be part of Loop 2?
Please feel free to read and respond to the ideas posted here.
Mobile Activity – Library Tech
Here’s an idea from Carol Elder, Library & Information Technology Program
Loop 2: What course concepts could you “deliver” to your students via a mobile device?
Imagine some concepts, key ideas, key processes, or small (but important) curriculum-course-material-learning-outcome “chunks” that could potentially be delivered to your students thru mobile devices. These could be mini-topics, brief explanations, reminder messsages, etc – that could help the students learn – either before they “go out to where the learning lives”, or for them to use in the midst of their interface with the “phenomenon-under-study”.
What would these be? You can imagine these concepts could be delivered via a short text message, audio, video, or other types of communication. At this point, think “I can imagine….” There’s no commitment, just mind play and “imagineering”.
Please share your ideas here.
Loop 3: How can students share what they have learned with you and with each other?
How can students share what they have learned with you and with each other?
- How can you arrange the learning environment so that students can share and so they can learn from each other?
- How can you set things up and also use the technology to get students to move each other toward the learning outcomes of the course?
- How could you set things up and also use the technology to create, encourage, and support: student authors; course collaborators; an assembly of knowledge; a horizontal (as opposed to hierarchical) dialogue
- A community of practice
Please post your ideas here.