Collaborative Video Storytelling Pedagogy as a Powerful Learning Method
Elevate your teaching by mastering the art of collaborative video storytelling. This immersive course in Helsinki, Finland, equips you with innovative skills to utilize video and storytelling as effective educational tools. Through a blend of theory, practical exercises, and field activities, you’ll learn to create engaging, student-centered learning experiences that resonate in today’s digital world.
What You’ll Learn:
This course covers a comprehensive range of topics essential for integrating video storytelling into your teaching practice:
- Effective Teaching Tools: Master the use of video storytelling to enhance educational outcomes.
- Engaging Content Creation: Develop skills to produce captivating and educational video content.
- Student-Centered Learning: Enhance learning through collaborative video projects that promote active participation.
- Project-Based Learning: Gain practical experience in implementing project-based and phenomenon-based learning methodologies.
- Digital Creativity Evaluation: Learn to assess and improve the creative learning process using digital tools.
Course Highlights:
- Hands-On Workshops: Engage in practical sessions that integrate theory with real-world application.
- Field Trip: Apply collaborative storytelling in a real-world setting during a visit to the Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, creating a mini-documentary on Finnish history.
- Group Projects: Work both individually and collaboratively on projects culminating in the creation of video stories relevant to your teaching context.
- Expert Guidance: Receive coaching and support from experienced trainers throughout the course and beyond.
- Cultural Immersion: Experience the rich cultural heritage of Helsinki, enhancing your learning journey.
This course combines theoretical knowledge with practical application, ensuring you can immediately implement collaborative video storytelling strategies in your educational setting.
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By the end of this course, you will:
- Confidently use video storytelling as an effective teaching tool.
- Create engaging and educational video content tailored to your curriculum.
- Implement collaborative video projects to foster student-centered learning.
- Apply project-based and phenomenon-based learning approaches in your teaching.
- Evaluate and enhance the creative learning process using digital tools.
This course is ideal for school management, teachers, special education professionals, and non-teaching staff involved in school education, adult education, and vocational education and training (VET).
Joni AlWindi is an award-winning Swedish/Finnish entrepreneur and EdTech pioneer, economist, consultant and multilingual promoter of innovative, productive and pedagogical application of technology in education and training.
With work experience in Latin America since 2003, as an English teacher, independent education researcher and EdTech pioneer since 2008, he’s now based in Finland since 2011. As a founder and co-founder of several entrepreneurial initiatives, including with the University of Helsinki, he’s focused on Finnish education and digital pedagogy, training teachers in Finland and beyond since 2016 around the core message of attaining immediate impact through powerful methodologies and modern technology.
He graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics and St Gallen University with a double Master’s in International Economics and International Management in 2009, while already working as an independent education researcher and EdTech entrepreneur in Colombia.
This is a provisional programme, the finalized program will be shared with participants prior to the course.
Day 1, Sunday
09:00 Welcome and introduction to the course.
- Summary and homework: Reflect on pre-course readings, research questions, and optional learning journal.
- Why use video storytelling in education? Q&A session.
- Master Class: The rise of video content, from YouTube to pioneering learners as creators.
Afternoon
- Master Class: Applications of video storytelling in teaching, with examples from Finland and beyond.
- Group project definition: Define a video story related to your teaching area, including learning goals.
Day 2, Monday
09:00 Discussion and sharing of homework findings.
- Summary and homework: Research project-based, problem-based, and phenomenon-based learning approaches.
- Master Class: Storytelling evolution, from Socratic dialogues to YouTube; fostering creativity and critical thinking.
Afternoon
- Group project: Document thoughts and conversations through video interviews and discussions.
Day 3, Tuesday
09:00 Master Class: Selecting technical tools and applications for video storytelling.
Afternoon
- Group presentations: Share projects, peer evaluations, and discussion.
- Trainer-guided project work: Finalizing group projects with feedback and guidance.
Day 4, Wednesday
08:30 Project-based learning outdoors: Create a mini-documentary on Finnish history.
- Homework: Reflect on how to inspire students using history and AI.
- Group meets at Kauppatori Market Place. Boat tickets provided.
Afternoon
- Master Class: Exploring the power of collaborative video storytelling in education.
Day 5, Thursday
09:00 Final group presentations: Showcase and evaluate projects.
- Final Q&A and course conclusion.
- Master Class: Evaluating creative processes versus final video projects.
Afternoon
- Concluding presentation: Insights on student-centered learning and pedagogy in a digital world.
