Drawn Together While Social Distancing: A Case Study of Digital Graphic Novel Use in Citizenship Pedagogy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Amelia A. Pridemore, Minnesota State University
Dr. Amelia Pridemore, Associate Professor of Political Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato, explains how she utilized student-created digital graphic novels as a way to have students engage in digital citizenship and a hands-on activity in which they learned and created visual digital communication — one of the most dominant forms of modern-day civic communication. This article explains a method that faculty members teaching classes involving active citizenship and community engagement can use when events like the COVID-19 pandemic require online distance learning.
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