At the beginning of the end of the first part of the pandemic, last May, Gerry Bayne of EDUCAUSE contacted me for an interview. What did I think about the sudden shift to online learning during the lockdown? In the interview, a sudden metaphor came to me, as I heard in my mind the Dire Straits song “Skateaway,” from Making Movies.
“Making movies … on location.”
Last night Diego Real, a colleague in Colombia whom I met in Vancouver back in 2009 at my first Open Education conference, sent out this tweet about my post from yesterday. He articulates the movie-making metaphor much better than I had.
Yes: “Learning as storytelling, like a movie in which everyone is the protagonist.”
George Orwell observed that what we want even more than to be loved is to be understood. Across many miles, and in a strange loop of time, I feel not only understood, but better able to understand. And for that I am grateful. Thank you, Diego. The Internet still works its magic, because there are still magicians like you, doing their work. Thank you for making magic, on location.
Una maravillosa descripción de prácticas en línea de un profesor que es un verdadero docente.
Aprendizaje como narración, como una película en la que todos son protagonistas.
Debe ser una experiencia única tener una clase con @GardnerCampbell https://t.co/vIIn3EZbs4
— Diego Leal (@qadmon) March 4, 2021