Join us for an engaging virtual book talk with a panel of experts celebrating the publication of Teaching Digital Storytelling: Inspiring Voices Through Online Narratives by Drs. Sheila Marie Aird and Tom Mackey. This event, co-hosted by North-West University, South Africa, and Empire State University, USA, will spotlight several authors who contributed to the book recently published by Rowman & Littlefield. They will share their insights and discuss the impact of digital storytelling in global education.
As part of International Education Week (November 18-22), this event will bring together thought leaders from South Africa and the United States to explore how digital storytelling empowers learners and fosters intercultural connections. With a focus on metaliteracy, each author will introduce their chapter, followed by an interactive conversation about the transformative role of digital storytelling in education.
SUNY Empire State University President Lisa Vollendorf, Ph.D. will share a welcome and Prof Dorothy Laubscher, UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and OER, Associate Professor: Self-Directed Learning, Research Unit Self-Directed Learning, Potchefstroom Campus will provide opening remarks.
Panel Participants:
- Sheila Marie Aird, Ph.D. and Tom Mackey, Ph.D., from Empire State University will introduce their chapter Metaliteracy and Global Digital Storytelling: Building Shared Learning Communities.
- Dr. Brenda van Wyk, Ph.D., from the University of Pretoria, South Africa will discuss her chapter Digital Storytelling and Cognitive Justice in Academic Information Services in Southern Africa – A Story Waiting to be Discovered.
- Beth Carpenter, MLIS, from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo will explore her chapter The Metaliteracy of Memes: Having Students Track the Flow of Information.
- Muchativugwa Liberty Hove, Ph.D., from North-West University, South Africa will discuss his chapter Voicing and Agency Through Autoethnography.
- Logan Rath, Ph.D. and Kathleen Olmstead, Ed.D., from SUNY Brockport will introduce their chapter “It Was Awesome. No One was Telling Us What We Had to Write!”: Empowering Young Writers Through Digital Book Making.
- Thandiwe Matyobeni, MA, from Rhodes University, South Africa will discuss his chapter Reflections on Digital Storytelling as a Learner-centred Approach to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Classrooms.
