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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