This paper (10 page PDF) argues through a case study and analysis that "that forms of Indigenous pedagogical practice are possible in the online environment," and specifically, in a massive open online course (MOOC). The effectiveness of the course "is based on whether feedback from learners demonstrate a mirroring of intent," for example, reporting an emotional response where the course intended to generate an emotional response. The Indigenous pedagogy described here takes a holistic approach to learning, using the Medicine Wheel to incorporate all "four aspects of being: spirit, or intuition, emotion, or feelings, body, or physical aspects of being, and mind, or intellectual aspects of being." The course generated the experiential aspect by having learners reflect on their self, for example, through an event or experience they had. Additionally, "the course instructors have implemented online experiential and physical pedagogies in other online courses that require learners to go directly to the land, to reflect on place or to find story sites or gather medicines." Image: Banakonda Kennedy Kish (Bell), ShoShona Kish, UWO Archive.
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