Abstract:

Storytelling has been one of the most effective pedagogical strategies in which students can reflect and apply critical thinking skills, and other learning strategies, that will foster course content retention and learning. When students are asked to produce videos for specific course purposes, this facilitates additional ways for storytelling that lends itself as a preface and preparation for future experiential learning opportunities: “a particular form of learning from life experience […] learning in which the learner is in touch with the realities being studied.” * Bringing together the fact that video production is complex, plus the need to provide feasible solutions for real-life context situations, students are tasked to collaborate and act on their learning. At the same time, students produce a video simulation of contextualized situations with potential results that deliver the opportunity to add value to society with their projects. Consequently, students reflect on their experiences and knowledge application to then transition to a referential space for learning that goes beyond the classroom into real-life. Likewise, video storytelling provides a basic competency that offers a prelusive pathway generating interest for students to seek and engage in future on-site experiential learning opportunities. For this session, the presenters will share pedagogical approaches and theories considered for storytelling, video technologies in the classroom, and teaching for diversity and inclusion. Furthermore, the presenters will share the different ways in which videos can be used in an interdisciplinary academic setting (including cross-cultural classroom settings), including Business Law and Spanish Language Learning courses at the undergraduate level. The presenters will also discuss lesson plans, rubrics, and video examples of students’ submissions that can be adapted for face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses. Accordingly, audience members can better understand how videos are used as fundamental tools for student learning success, and as a powerful pedagogical tool that can transcend cross-cultural differences to deliver effective learning practices.

References:
[1] Kolb, David A. “Introduction.” Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. Pearson FT Press, 2015.: xviii.

Keywords:

Experiential Learning, Videos.