Dr. Connie Magnuson, faculty in Kinesiology and coordinator of the B.S. in Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies, is a contributor to the recently published ebook, Cultivating Change in the Academy: 50 Stories from the Digital Frontlines at the University of Minnesota in 2012. Magnuson’s chapter, “Costa Rica Digital Exploration,” focuses on the integration of digital storytelling into her Costa Rican study abroad course.
Cultivating Change is an eBook designed to stimulate discussion about what’s possible as well as generate new vision and academic technology direction. It serves as a means for faculty, instructors, students, and staff to learn about the innovative, imaginative, creative, collaborative, and dynamic academic technology work underway across the University of Minnesota in 2012. You can download the book at http://purl.umn.edu/125273, and join in on the conversation at
https://cultivatingchange.wp.d.umn.edu/.
More recently the ebook has been the focus of the following articles:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/07/27/university-minnesota-releases-e-book-about-academic-technology
http://www.startribune.com/local/162959346.html
https://cultivatingchange.wp.d.umn.edu/