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This article focuses on the use of Photographic Participatory Inquiry (PPI) in researching the teaching and learning of photography in the e-learning environment. It is an arts-informed method drawing on digital tools to capture collective information as digital artefacts, which can then be accessed and harnessed to build critical and reflective photographic practices. The multimedia tools employed (for example GoPro video and screen capture) are critically discussed for their potential to contribute understanding of photographic artistic practice and the learning of a digital generation. The article may also provide critical insights and inform more nuanced methods for research and scholarship when wishing to investigate the personalized, participatory, and productive pedagogies of a networked learning society.
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Cet article porte sur l’utilisation, en contexte d’apprentissage en ligne, de la photographie participative comme méthode de recherche dans le domaine de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage de la photographie. Cette méthode, fondée sur les arts, s’appuie sur l’utilisation d’outils numériques pour recueillir de l’information sous forme d’artéfacts numériques, artéfacts pouvant ensuite être consultés et exploités pour élaborer des pratiques photographiques critiques et réflectives. Les outils multimédia utilisés (par exemple, des vidéos GoPro et des captures d’écran) et leur potentiel à contribuer à une meilleure compréhension des pratiques de photographie artistique et d’apprentissage de la génération numérique sont examinés sous un angle critique. Cet article peut également fournir des perspectives critiques et engendrer des méthodes de recherche plus nuancées pour ceux désirant enquêter les pédagogies personnalisées, participatives et productives d’une société d’apprentissage en réseau.
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Biographical notes
KATHRYN GRUSHKA is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle’s School of Education. Kathryn is a nationally recognized artist and visual / design teacher educator, curriculum writer, and practicing artist. Her research interests span learning, cognition, embodied visual knowing and subjectivity insights, visual pedagogies, multi modal learning, narrative, and arts health.
AARON BELLETTE is lecturer in photomedia at Avondale College of Higher Education. Bellette is currently undertaking a PhD in tertiary education, specifically dealing with the development of photographic visual learning in blended and online learning. Aaron is also a recognized artist photographer.
ALLYSON HOLBROOK is Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at the University of Newcastle and a leading academic in the field of postgraduate learning and assessment with internationally recognized expertise in the study of research student learning and examination across disciplines.
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Appendices
Notes biographiques
KATHRYN GRUSHKA est chargée de cours senior à la faculté d’éducation de l’University of Newcastle. Kathryn est une artiste expérimentée et de renommée nationale. Elle est aussi formatrice d’enseignants en arts visuels et en design ainsi que conceptrice de programmes. Ses intérêts de recherche couvrent l’apprentissage, la connaissance, la pédagogie visuelle incarnée et les perspectives subjectives, les pédagogies visuelles, l’apprentissage multimodal, les récits et les arts en santé.
AARON BELLETTE est chargé de cours en photomédia au Avondale College of Higher Education. Bellette complète actuellement un doctorat en enseignement tertiaire, s’intéressant particulièrement au développement de l’apprentissage photographique visuel en contexte d’apprentissage mixte et en ligne. Aaron est également un artiste photographe reconnu.
ALLYSON HOLBROOK est présidente de la Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee de l’University of Newcastle et une sommité dans le domaine de l’apprentissage et de l’évaluation au doctorat. Elle possède une expertise de recherche en ce qui a trait à l’apprentissage et l’évaluation des étudiants, expertise reconnue internationalement et dans toutes les disciplines.