Learning as Community Service: Thinking with New Media

This paper is exploratory in nature and our research goal is to develop a conceptualization of "learning as community service" in a new media context. The setting for the study is an after-school program involving middle school children in a First Nations community. In the after-school pro...

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Published inJournal of educational multimedia and hypermedia Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 287 - 306
Main Authors Hughes, Janette, Gadanidis, George
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education 01.08.2010
Subjects
Academic Achievement
After School Programs
Case Studies
Community Services
Mathematics Activities
Media Literacy
Middle School Students
Multimedia Materials
School Activities
Service Learning
Story Telling
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Summary:This paper is exploratory in nature and our research goal is to develop a conceptualization of "learning as community service" in a new media context. The setting for the study is an after-school program involving middle school children in a First Nations community. In the after-school program, children developed knowledge about (1) their community and (2) mathematics, and used digital media to share their learning stories as community service--that is, for the benefit of others outside of educational settings. Using a case study method, we investigate how our initial conception of "learning as community service" evolved as we worked in a new media setting. We discuss three ways in which our conception changed over time: (1) our focus on storytelling through students' digital stories expanded to include live as well as online video performances of songs of their learning; and (2) our focus on individual student learning and identity shifted to negotiated identity and collective learning. (Contains 4 figures.)
ISSN:1055-8896