| Faculty image | Faculty Name | Department | University/college |
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Dr. Tunde Szecsi | Teacher Education, | FGCU/COE |
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Dr. Thomas Szende | Intercultural Studies | Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris, France |
TITLE: Each life is a treasure box: Digital storytelling across countries
In the COIL project, FGCU students collaborated with students at INALCO, Paris, France, and reflected on your everyday life as a representation of your culture and identity through storytelling. The students in France are from many different countries, e.g. Russia, China, Japan
This project has four parts: (1) completion of a survey on cultural awareness, (1) development of an individual digital story, (2) discussion of the digital stories via communicating with international partners, and (4) development of a reflection paper.
Resulting Scholarship:
Szecsi, T. & Szende, T. (2024 January) Discovery of the other and (co-)construction of oneself through life stories. (contributing author) PLIDAM conference. Brussels, Belgium.
Szecsi, T. & Szende, T. (2023 June) Each life is a treasure box: Student reflection on their identity and cultural representations through digital storytelling. International Conference, University at Macerata, Italy.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will deepen an understanding of their own culture, and become familiar with another culture through the personal stories of students from different cultures.
- Students will practice cross-cultural communication and cross-national collaboration, as they communicate with college peers in France.
Students will develop skills to create digital stories with different technological tools to express their thoughts on culture and identity.
Participating Countries: USA and France
Number of FGCU and Partner Institution Student Participants:
FGCU: 8
INALCO: 17
Discipline:
FGCU: Different majors with Education minors
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris, France: Intercultural Studies
FGCU Course Code & Name: TSL 3083: Teaching English Learners
Project Duration: 8 weeks
