• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Miami Dade College’s Earth Stories brings together participants from Miami Dade College and Al-Balqa Applied University in binational teams that engage in guided dialogue, oral tradition, and multimedia production. Through a shared exploration of the Universe Story—a framework that contextualizes humanity within the broader evolution of the cosmos—students examine their role in an interconnected world. This interdisciplinary approach encourages participants to reflect on the relationships between humans, nature, other species, and technology while identifying cultural commonalities and differences and producing cultural narratives.

Activities

Participants engage in weekly discussions, create biographies and digital journals, and meet weekly synchronously and asynchronously for three hours. Earth Stories involves storytelling and dialogue, project-based learning (PBL), small and large group engagement, and digital storytelling. As teams envision and produce their podcasts, they are exposed to the gold standards for PBL such as identifying a critical problem or question, engaging in critical thinking, sustained inquiry, authenticity, constructive criticism, and reflection. Students understand the interconnectedness of the human experience, explore their place in the Universe Story and Earth systems, and produce podcasts. The program’s intentional integration of storytelling techniques and PBL leads to collaboration and global communication.

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