Joey Azoulai
Joey Azoulai
M.A, Digital Media Design for Learning; Media & Content Lead @ ExtensionEngine [ LinkedIn ]
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Online learning has a problem.
Online learning has a problem.
The pandemic proved what many of us already believed: students think learning online is less valuable than learning in the classroom. The mass-movement of college and universities to remote teaching this semester has led, in part, to disengaged and protesting students as well as worried Deans. I would like to propose one approach to online learning that can increase student engagement in their online courses. This is the topic of my graduate thesis in Digital Media Design for Learning at NYU.
Stories can help.
Stories can help.
Storytelling for Online Education is a website I created with Sean Diaz to help faculty use narrative in their online courses. Learning science confirms what people have always known — stories help us digest and retain new information. Stories are like maps of our human nature. They connect us to each other across culture, geography, and time. In this online course, students play the role of anthropologist and transform their research and their personal experiences into an interactive narrative world using Google Earth.
Click on the youtube icon to watch Joey Azoulai & Sean Diaz 's thesis presentation
Click on the youtube icon to watch Joey Azoulai & Sean Diaz 's thesis presentation
Storytelling with Google Earth
Storytelling with Google Earth
Step 1, do your research.
Step 1, do your research.
Research an ancient society. Read stories about individual people, both famous and anonymous. Which events marked the lives of people in that society? Reflect on your own life experiences. How are you different? What do you share in common?
Step 2, map your research.
Step 2, map your research.
Assemble your research onto your Google Earth project. Add shapes, lines, and icons on the map to represent people, places, and events. Add information cards to the map using images, video, and text. Tour the map for a global view of your growing knowledge.
Step 3, turn research into story.
Step 3, turn research into story.
Use the information from the previous step to craft a story. Transform people into characters, places into settings, and events into the plot. The Beat Builder tool will help you use screenwriting techniques to shape your story arc. The Character Creator tool will help you breathe life into the stars of your show.
Step 4, map your story.
Step 4, map your story.
Transfer your characters, settings, and events onto your Google Earth project using icons and information cards. Link your project to the class map by uploading your profile picture or avatar. Explore your classmates' stories; how can you build on what they've created? Together, you'll turn your collective knowledge into an interactive world.
Step 5, negotiate the ending.
Step 5, negotiate the ending.
What correlations can you make between the people, settings, and events on the class map? How has your perspective changed as you draw connections between your story and those of your classmates? By the end of the semester, you and your classmates must arrive at a shared understanding of history. Will it be a happy ending?
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