{"id":4269,"date":"2019-09-25T23:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2019-10-04T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:00:14","slug":"telling-stories-over-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/2019\/09\/25\/telling-stories-over-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Telling Stories over the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This year, honors students had the unique opportunity to take the Honors College with them over the summer via a new Ecampus colloquium course. Regardless of whether they stayed in Corvallis or went back home, honors students were able to engage with one another and share deeply personal experiences \u2013 just as if they had been together on campus. The course was entitled \u201cThe Art (and Science) of Storytelling\u201d and was taught by Professor Inara Scott from the College of Business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one\nactivity, students were asked to tell their own story using an image of\nthemselves. They did this by distilling an important story in their life into a\nword or phrase before writing that word  or phrase either on themselves or on a piece\nof paper. The students took photos of their writing and shared it with the\ngroup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image by Haley Debban<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy sharing a picture, students cross a barrier that can often exist in online classes, which is the barrier of sight,\u201d Professor Scott says. \u201cI think connecting visually is a really important part of building a community, and that\u2019s one of the reasons I love this activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image by Bianca Robison<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The class used\nsocial media stories, videos and other creative elements, all designed to build\ncohesion among students who couldn\u2019t learn together face-to-face. Even though\nthe class never met in person, the students were still able to learn a great\ndeal about each other \u2013 and themselves. By telling stories, regardless of\nmedium, students were able to discover effective presentation, what stories\nmost impact their daily lives and how it feels when they share integral parts\nof their story with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image by Rhys-Jasper Leon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike all students, honors students are surrounded by stories,\u201d Professor Scott says. \u201cLearning to tell their own stories can help them grow in life and help them connect to other students across a variety of backgrounds and cultures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image by Dylan Gregory<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year, honors students had the unique opportunity to take the Honors College with them over the summer via a new Ecampus colloquium course. Regardless of whether they stayed in Corvallis or went back home, honors students were able to engage with one another and share deeply personal experiences \u2013 just as if they had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9319,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1205,1163399,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories","category-courses-faculty","category-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4294,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions\/4294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/honorslink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}