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Virtual Conference Presentations

2021 Humanities in the era of human connection VWBPE 2018 Lecture: A Hybrid Conference as a Way to Create Community VWBPE 2017 :: Lecture :: Virtual World and Creativity VWBPE 2016 Lecture: Lesson Learned from a Grade 7 Virtual World Science Workshop

Hsiao-Cheng Sandrine Han, Eli Burke, Bryan Carter, and Ravon Ruffin, Keynote, Emerging Conversations

The 2020 rendition of Emerging Conversations occurred on October 24, 2020. It was held remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Emerging Conversations is an annual art education symposium organized by graduate students in the Art & Visual Culture Education program at the University of Arizona. It is the only symposium of its kind on theContinue reading “Hsiao-Cheng Sandrine Han, Eli Burke, Bryan Carter, and Ravon Ruffin, Keynote, Emerging Conversations”

Interview with Dr. Sandrine Han

“The visual culture of the virtual world is not an authentically reconstructed real world, but is a space containing worldwide mixed and ideal cultures from designers’ imaginations. There is nothing made by nature in a virtual world, and everything is made by its own residents. No matter what we see in virtual worlds, there ISContinue reading “Interview with Dr. Sandrine Han”

Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation? When Cultural Studies Meets Creativity: An Autoethnographic Narrative

Dr. Sandrine HanFriday, February 26, 2021 | 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (PST) | via Zoom https://admin.video.ubc.ca/html5/html5lib/v2.86.1/mwEmbedFrame.php/p/113/uiconf_id/23448209/entry_id/0_mwvjdyif?wid=_113 Abstract From Marcel Duchamp’s portrayal of Mona Lisa with facial hair to Andy Warhol’s painting of Campbell’s Soup Cans, artists have used creative license to appropriate and/or modify other’s work for their own interpretation. However, appropriation is notContinue reading “Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation? When Cultural Studies Meets Creativity: An Autoethnographic Narrative”

Challenges in Interdisciplinary Teaching

Having celebrated interdisciplinary teaching and learning for the past 3 episodes, today’s episode acknowledges that teaching and learning through interdisciplinary approaches can have their own challenges. For this reason, we feature Dr. Shannon Leddy, Dr. Hartley Banack, Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin, and Dr. Sandrine Han, sharing their knowledge on the challenges they face or witness teachers having, plus their ownContinue reading “Challenges in Interdisciplinary Teaching”

Art & Interdisciplinary learning

This episode features Dr. Sandrine Han, Dr. Shanon Leddy, and Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin talking about the A in STEAM methodologies and the place Art has in interdisciplinary learning. Showcasing examples of art-based projects intertwined with Indigenous pedagogies, environmental pedagogies, and museum spaces; arguing Art provides more inclusive ways of engaging our learners.

Technology and Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching

This episode features Dr. Jennifer Jenson, Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin, and Dr. Sandrine Han, sharing their knowledge on concepts like computational participation, video games, online platforms, and the virtual world. Plus many examples and tips on how to better incorporate technology to engage learners and enhance our teaching practices. 

Outdoor and Interdisciplinary Learning

The podcast starts our podcast series with Dr. Hartley Banack who explores outdoor education through interdisciplinary learning, guiding us through a step by step plan to learn outside our own schools, and neighborhoods. Then Dr. Shanon Leddy joins us with an example of teaching Indigenous knowledge; in an interdisciplinary way; in an outdoor environment. ClosingContinue reading “Outdoor and Interdisciplinary Learning”