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=Welcome to the Reasoning, Research & Mystery Learning Space!=

I am Ariadne Rooney, and I teach college-level literature and writing classes at Spokane Community College. I've created a student-centered, interactive, informational, project-based learning space to use with my students in the upcoming quarter. This is a project-based class, delivered in three distinct units. Each unit is heavily student-driven and research intensive. = = == = = =Instructional Model= I use Project-Based learning as the underlying paradigm in this class. There are four goals in this method: searching, solving, creating, and sharing.

In this model as I have applied it, you, the student, read the assigned work and watch the assigned movies. You will be assigned small groups, and as a group you choose an overarching theme to guide your driving question or challenge. You figure out what you need to know as far in order to complete your group project, which involves searching for more information and answers to questions, solving inevitable problems, and create a group style of information inquiry as well as an individual method.

As shown in the graphic, there are seven dimensions of Project-Based Learning that can be supported by multimedia: an extended time frame; multidisciplinary, standards-based content; ongoing assessment; collaboration; multimedia; a real-world connection; and student decision making, all of which make Project-Based learning a rich environment in which to integrated multiple technologies.

You will be using a variety of technologies and resources to research and compile your group projects, always keeping your theme and question in mind. At the end, you will present your group project to your peers and to me in a short presentation.

=Learning Space= Because this learning space is hosted in a proprietary system that can only be accessed by employees, I've captured the content through four screencasts, which you can access and watch below. Each section is less than five minutes long.

__Learning Space: Part 2__
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__Learning Space: Part 3__
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__Learning Space: Part 4__
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