Lecturer takes CPUT stories to Spain
SHARING IS CARING: Students learn empathy through sharing personal stories
Monday, 17 August 2015
CPUT students' life stories have been shared at an international conference in Spain.
A senior lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences has presented a paper on Digital Storytelling at the recent 7th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies in Barcelona, Spain.
The title of Mandie Richards’ paper was Creating a Platform for Transformation through Digital Storytelling.
Richards also chaired a session at the conference called Technologies in Business Management Education.
Digital Storytelling has been integrated into the curriculum for Diversity Management 1, a subject she co-ordinates, as it allows students to explore their culture and identities and share their stories with their class mates.
She says that the subject provides opportunities for students to learn about each other and creates awareness about the diversity and socio-economic backgrounds of each individual.
“Very often students have no idea as to the adversities many students have to overcome to get to this point of studying at a tertiary institution,” says Richards.
In addition to students telling their stories, writing a script and improving their acting voice, they also have to provide a social comment to educate viewers about their story.
She feels that it is important that educators use technology creatively to captivate students, whilst adding value to their experience at university.
“Networking at the conference has also led to many new ideas which may be implemented into the Digital Storytelling methodology in the future,” she adds.
Richards joined the CPUT Digital storytelling project in 2013, and thus far more than 550 students have participated in sharing their stories through Digital Storytelling. Read more about Digital Storytelling at CPUT here http://bit.ly/1bd3VDo
Written by Kwanele Butana
Email: butanak@cput.ac.za
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