Storytelling Academy – Interdisciplinary Research at Loughborough University
The FutureAbility international team had the opportunity to facilitate 3 workshops at the International Visual Methods Conference to showcase the 6 e-learning courses developed during the project. The Open Educational Resources are in fact available online and ready to be piloted in six countries. You can freely enrol to the following courses. Course 1: Enhancing online engagement The overall aim of the
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In early May, the MA students and researchers from the Storytelling Academy gathered at Bom Bom Patisserie in Loughborough to share the values of Storytelling that were explored through European-funded projects such as SOLIS, FutureAbility, and Creativity. The event spanned several days and was hosted in a cozy coffee shop that quickly became comfortable and familiar for both the organisers and the community of various stakeholders in attendance. The Intellectual outputs produced by
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On behalf of our 8 European project partners, Dr Antonia Liguori gave a presentation on “Digital Storytelling as a tool for peer learning. Reflecting on the European project SOLIS as a case study within formal and non-formal Education”. Digital Storytelling is a well-known workshop-based approach that, over the past 25 years, has been successfully applied in formal and non-formal Education
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How can storytelling make a connection between us and our Community? A group of MA Storytelling students is inviting members of the Loughborough community on a small journey where we will explore together topics such as education, inclusion, well-being, and innovation through the lens of Storytelling, explored by European funded projects (Solis, FutureAbility and Creativity). The event will take place
Read moreLast week our partners descended in the UK to take part in our second week of workshops for the CREATIVITY project. The project aims to educate, strengthen, and encourage 12-18 years old schoolchildren to practically demonstrate four competencies (4Cs): Creativity Critical thinking Cooperation Communication Our week included workshops in Communication, Identity, Documentary theatre, Improvisation and Stand up. It was a
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