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In Layers

As I approach a produsage project for students in a first year course in Computer Science, I have to think of it in layers. Yes, I know. It's just become too easy to incorporate this food theme, so I'll spare us for a moment. But back to the plan. I'm interested in seeing a collaborative process, where learners describe their experiences with technology and report these back using some form of a blog or storytelling platform. I'm especially interested in how learners can respond or interact with each other in this environment.

The sharing process is key to building the community and exchanging ideas but realistically they're extrinsically motivated (by points or grade) to complete their responses to classmates. Perhaps, I can use that to continue the assessment process of learning the instructional materials. Assessments based on students building something together like a knowledge repository based off the topics covered in the course. I'm seeing the pieces come together but not the flow of use for the learners. I know that I'll be revisiting this again.

Berry Cheesecake Trifle by Sneh Roy is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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