A history wall task for an online Change Laboratory workshop

Abstract

Bureau de Change LaboratoryA history wall task for an online Change Laboratory workshop 2 OverviewThis research attempts to document moving from a face to face, brick and mortar environment to online environment from a student's perspective. This was investigated by using Cultural Historical Activity Theory as a starting point, and one on-line synchronous Change Laboratory to collaboratively co-create and document the experiences of students. It used two primary online tools to facilitate this process-Microsoft Teams and Microsoft OneNote. By using Microsoft OneNote as a tool, this allowed for synchronous online collaboration both between research and participants, and between the participants themselves. It demonstrates how this shared meaning and understanding of their new online environment (new activity system) in a live environment opened real time discussion of shared issues (contradictions) and fostered solidarity as they moved forward towards the end of their online learning experience.