{"id":18219,"date":"2023-10-27T12:01:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?post_type=cw_post&p=18219"},"modified":"2023-10-27T12:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:36:54","slug":"student-vlogs-the-new-way-to-elevate-student-voice-in-cbe-learning-environments","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/student-vlogs-the-new-way-to-elevate-student-voice-in-cbe-learning-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Vlogs: A New Way to Elevate Student Voice in CBE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered what it is like to learn in a competency-based environment or how it looks in action? What better way to understand than to hear from students themselves, and see what their lives look like living and learning in a transformational education environment?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This year we invited Aurora Institute Symposium 2023 student presenters to record a day-in-the-life video log, or vlog, in a competency-based learning environment. A group at the Grand Rapids Public Museum School<\/a> took on the task. Through this showcase of student day-in-the-life recordings, students offer their reflections on what the future of education should and could look like and to ultimately urge educators to contemplate how they might better create more personalized learning environments. Not only did the students highlight their learning inside of the classroom, but also outside of it as well, an important part of what it means to live and learn as a student in a competency-based school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This unique showcase of student life is an extension of our goal to empower youth, elevate student voice, and find innovative in ways to center students as the agents of their own learning. <\/span>For example, student Maya Teft showcased the opportunity she had to do community research at Arts Marketplace, which she states, \u201cis a local women-owned business that supports and showcases minority and women-owned products like artwork, clothing, and jewelry.\u201d Tying learning to the community is one of many ways students show what the future of education could be. We hope these day-in-the-life vlogs from students at Grand Rapids Public Museum School are a tool to empower educators to think about how they can contribute to that future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u2019Nyah Harris took us through her \u201cflex days\u201d which are Fridays during the week in which students can choose the sessions they go to during the day! From her first to last session, A\u2019Nyah walked us through what it looks like to live and learn in a non-traditional learning environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n