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e-learning through digital theatre : breaking down the tyranny of distance and limits of location

Prior, Yoni, Johnson, Louise and van der Zwaard, Rose 2011, e-learning through digital theatre : breaking down the tyranny of distance and limits of location, Ubiquitous learning, vol. 3, pp. 1-14.

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Title e-learning through digital theatre : breaking down the tyranny of distance and limits of location
Author(s) Prior, Yoni
Johnson, Louise
van der Zwaard, Rose
Journal name Ubiquitous learning
Volume number 3
Start page 1
End page 14
Publisher Common Ground Publishing
Place of publication Altona, Vic.
Publication date 2011
ISSN 1835-9795
Keyword(s) Digital theatre
e-Learning
Cross-disciplinary
Cross-cultural
Interactive performance
Summary In this article, we report on a cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural digital exchange project between Australian Drama and Education students and Dutch English Language and Culture students, and examine the impact of the place-independent, technology-mediated communications and collaboration on their learning trajectories. The intensive, intercultural collaboration between the two groups of students resulted in a 50-minute group-devised, digital theatre play entitled Quarter Acre Dreaming. This play, performed through live interactive media by both Dutch and Australian students, traced the historical development of the Australian suburb, while integrating scenes of Dutch immigration into Australia. In the creative process, the students on either side of the globe interacted through Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), and used videoconferencing and Skype for live rehearsals and discussions to advance their learning of English, their performance repertoire and cross-cultural understanding.
Notes Reproduced with kind permission of the copyright owner. Readers must contact Common Ground publishing for permission to reproduce this article.
Language eng
Field of Research 130201 Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy
190404 Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
160403 Social and Cultural Geography
Socio Economic Objective 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2011, Common Ground, Yoni Prior, Louise Johnson, Rose van der Zwaard. All rights reserved.
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30034563

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