In this joint IDeATe and Modern Languages course, students were asked to create digital objects that reflected the desire for learning that many people have turned to during life in the pandemic.
We talked about how learning appears in social media and can be used to support a hobby or personal interest, or as a political statement and form of activism, particularly during the summer of 2020 following the Black Lives Matter protests.
Learning can take many forms and we wanted to comment on the ways that might access learning experiences. We encounter learning experiences in public spaces, online sites, and in our homes, shared as downloads, zines, memes, and videos. These objects supplement formal learning but hint at alternative ways to engage with learners.
This course experimented with creating digital learning experiences, but in the future we hope that we can use the students’ knowledge and expertise to provide learning experiences that we can share outside the university, within the wider community, perhaps even helping to tackle issues such as food insecurity, literacy and translation, public health and climate change.
The following series of outcomes were produced by students who have kindly agreed to share them with you.
