Comments on: The Incident at Tower 37, a Study in Collaborative Learning http://www.otto-otto.com/2009/07/the-incident-at-tower-37-a-study-in-collaborative-learning/ architecture + design Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:13:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.otto-otto.com/2009/07/the-incident-at-tower-37-a-study-in-collaborative-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-6309 Alex Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:13:06 +0000 http://www.otto-otto.com/?p=6782#comment-6309 GO HAMPSHIRE!!! Love seeing Hampsters out there making cool stuff!!! GO HAMPSHIRE!!! Love seeing Hampsters out there making cool stuff!!!

]]> By: otto http://www.otto-otto.com/2009/07/the-incident-at-tower-37-a-study-in-collaborative-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-6259 otto Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:51:08 +0000 http://www.otto-otto.com/?p=6782#comment-6259 While many of us in creative industries have had the good fortune of attending schools and institutions that do not follow traditional curriculum and encourage collaborative learning, we would argue that on a whole, the orthodox concept of an undergraduate college classroom still revolves around lectures, exams, and letter grade evaluations. It was not our intention to imply that Perry's class was the first of its kind, only to applaud these students' achievement. The post has been edited to clarify this, and hopefully to draw more attention to what we feel was most important in the first place: the finished product. After seeing this film and hearing its story, we simply hope that with this film's (and others like it) success, we'll be hearing many more stories of independent collaboration in all creative mediums and industries. - otto While many of us in creative industries have had the good fortune of attending schools and institutions that do not follow traditional curriculum and encourage collaborative learning, we would argue that on a whole, the orthodox concept of an undergraduate college classroom still revolves around lectures, exams, and letter grade evaluations. It was not our intention to imply that Perry’s class was the first of its kind, only to applaud these students’ achievement. The post has been edited to clarify this, and hopefully to draw more attention to what we feel was most important in the first place: the finished product. After seeing this film and hearing its story, we simply hope that with this film’s (and others like it) success, we’ll be hearing many more stories of independent collaboration in all creative mediums and industries.

- otto

]]> By: Ninjoe http://www.otto-otto.com/2009/07/the-incident-at-tower-37-a-study-in-collaborative-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-5910 Ninjoe Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:30:54 +0000 http://www.otto-otto.com/?p=6782#comment-5910 I don't think this is in anyway "an unorthodox approach to the educational process" unless I just happened to attend 2 film schools where they have been using the same techniques to teach film production for decades. I graduated ten years ago and we never once thought that by having an actual film production with all of the roles being filled by students we were "undoubtedly challenging the traditional learning process and structure." It just makes sense and any teacher can tell you that it is part of most teaching methods to teach students by letting them participate in the process of what is being taught. I'm no John Dewey, but I would call it collaboration. I don’t think this is in anyway “an unorthodox approach to the educational process” unless I just happened to attend 2 film schools where they have been using the same techniques to teach film production for decades.

I graduated ten years ago and we never once thought that by having an actual film production with all of the roles being filled by students we were “undoubtedly challenging the traditional learning process and structure.”

It just makes sense and any teacher can tell you that it is part of most teaching methods to teach students by letting them participate in the process of what is being taught. I’m no John Dewey, but I would call it collaboration.

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