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Mural: An Online Space For Co-Creating Meaning And Understanding, Kimberly James
Mural: An Online Space For Co-Creating Meaning And Understanding, Kimberly James
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Building an online community around learning has been challenging throughout the academic and artistic disruptions caused by the COVID 19 pandemic. In order to promote remote interaction and educe student contributions, I utilized MURAL, a virtual, collaborative whiteboard, several times during AY2020-2021 to co-create meaning and understanding of common pedagogic topics that are applied in my studio. This practice allowed all participants to contribute ideas, make revisions, and enjoy new “aha” moments in real-time with far less pressure and concern for feeling “called out” or being “wrong.”
These activities benefitted the students and the overall wellness of the student participants …