• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Miami Dade College’s Earth Stories engages Al-Balqa Applied University and Miami Dade College students in a series of conversations through virtual exchange. Through storytelling and dialogue, students explore various aspects of the Earth such as biographies, artificial intelligence, and storytelling techniques. Environment Stories teams, guided by American and Jordanian faculty facilitators, collaborate and produce podcasts that inform and promote solutions to issues through the power of storytelling and host a virtual podcast exhibition.

Activities

Participants engage in weekly discussions, create biographies and digital journals, and meet weekly via Zoom and Slack for two-to-three hours. Earth Stories involves storytelling and dialogue, project-based learning (PBL), small and large group engagement, and digital storytelling. As teams envision and produce their podcasts, they are exposed to the gold standards for PBL such as identifying a critical problem or question, engaging in critical thinking, sustained inquiry, authenticity, constructive criticism, and reflection. Students also understand the purpose of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Program participants research and interview local community partners and experts and tell a story for their final product. The program’s intentional integration of storytelling techniques and PBL leads to collaboration and global communication.

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