The Human Trial Digital Classroom Experience

With the usual support we receive from Roco Films, we conducted The Human Trial Digital Classroom Experience in late November. Deriving inspiration from Joyner and Isbell's book The Distributed Classroom, we designed this event to allow participation onsite and online, synchronous and asynchronous. We once again partnered with our most reliable collaborators from Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) and the Laboratory for Design of Social Innovation for Global Networks (DLab). Please check out this link to learn more.

The Human Trial promotion poster

What are some takeaways? First and foremost, the film has been superb in educating us about diabetes. The event was scheduled in November since November 14 is World Diabetes Day. We all encourage you to watch the film if you get a chance. Secondly, doing hybrid events remain to be challenging. Finally, we still need to learn a lot more about scheduling to increase participation. In the end, it was a good opportunity to learn from others about really important topics but we would otherwise not attempt to learn about.

Details

Title: The Human Trial Digital Classroom Experience

Organizers: May Kristine Jonson Carlon - Cross Laboratory, Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL), Laboratory for Design of Social Innovation for Global Networks (DLab) 

Activities, Dates, and Venues:

• Online film showing from November 27(Sunday) to 29 (Tuesday), 2022 Japan time hosted on Roco Films' platform.
• In-person film showing followed by a live discussion on November 28, 2022 (Monday) from 15:30 to 18:00 Japan time at the DLab co-working space.
• Online live discussion on November 28, 2022 from 17:10 Japan time via Zoom.
• Online discussion from November 26 (Saturday) to 30 (Wednesday), 2022 Japan time via Google Classroom.
• Poster exhibit at the Taki Plaza (B2F floor) from November 26 (Saturday) to 30 (Wednesday), 2022.