The co-hosts of this program are John Kane and Rebecca Mushtare. They are from SUNY Oswego and ask a wide range of questions about the book. They also inquired about the Digital Storytelling course at Empire State University that inspired this edited volume.
Digital Storytelling is part of the innovative BA and BS Digital Media Arts program at SUNY Empire. Aird and Mackey teach it as a virtual exchange, connecting students from the United States and Prague.
Dr. Sheila Marie Aird and Dr. Thomas P. Mackey will present a new proceedings paper entitled “Designing an Online Learning Community to Create Global Digital Stories” at the 4th International Research Conference 2022. Their presentation takes place virtually on Sunday, May 22 (15:00-15:30 GST / 7am EST / 1pm CET).
The integration of metaliteracy into an online course about digital storytelling supports the innovative design of a global learning community. This collaborative online international learning (COIL) course is focused on building a shared virtual space for team-based teaching and learning. This process involves engaging learners in course materials, such as digital media tools, interactive learning objectives, grading rubrics, and open educational resources (OER). Students participate in the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) to actively participate in asynchronous discussions, a structured peer review process, and team planning that reinforces creativity and project management in the design and implementation of digital media projects.
(Aird & Mackey, 2022)
This new paper is based on the international collaboration established by Drs. Aird and Mackey to co-teach students from Europe and the United States. As part of their work together, they have been team-teaching Digital Storytelling as a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) course for over two years at SUNY Empire State College.
The conference proceedings and video library of presentations that took place at the ICDE Virtual Global Conference Week 2021 are now available. As part of this international conference, Dr. Sheila Marie Aird and Dr. Thomas P. Mackey presented Integrating Metaliteracy into the Design of a COIL Course in Digital Storytelling. Drs. Aird and Mackey discussed their redesign of Digital Storytelling at SUNY Empire State College as a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) course during the Academic Paper Session: Upskilling and upscaling for innovation in education through new technologies and practices. As noted in the proceedings, the full text of the paper written by Drs. Aird and Mackey has been selected for publication in the peer-reviewed ICDE journal, Open Praxis: https://openpraxis.org/. The ICDE conference proceedings include the abstracts from all of the sessions that took place October 25-29, 2021.
Dr. Sheila Marie Aird and Dr. Thomas P. Mackey present Integrating Metaliteracy into the Design of a COIL Course in Digital Storytelling at the 2021 ICDE Virtual Global Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is Upskilling and upscaling for quality Open, Flexible and Distance Learning (OFDL) and takes place October 25-29, 2021. Drs. Aird and Mackey discuss their collaborative teaching experience with Digital Storytelling at SUNY Empire State College. Their presentation is part of the Academic Paper Session: Upskilling and upscaling for innovation in education through new technologies and practices.
Global Digital Stories 
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