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Africa
Science-Learning Journeys
Serving practicing teachers and education graduate students for over 5 years, Brad and his colleagues have designed and led multiple expeditions to Tanzania and Kenya, with support from the Merck Company Foundation and using the ELVIS Framework. These experiences featured collaborations with African schools and AIDS orphanages, exploration of the Serengeti, work with the Jane Goodall Institute, and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. This video features a summary from one such expedition. 5 Minutes.
Experience Design In Action
Experience Design Leadership and the ELVIS Framework are rooted in the psychology of learning. The following projects showcase Brad's work in education with universities, K12 schools, foundations, and through his XSci lab (Experiential Science Education Research Collaborative). His education work serves both students and educators, to co-create transformative experiences.
Bayer International Teen
Science Camp
Welcoming 14-16 year-olds from several countries, Brad and his team designed and led this project using Experience Design Leadership and the ELVIS Framework. It was the flagship program for the Bayer Corporate Foundation for 6 years (prior to COVID), featuring medical and environmental science, cultural exchange, and student identity development for over a hundred kids.
9 Minutes.
Inspire Me:
Weightless Flights of Discovery
In collaboration with the Northrop Grumman Foundation, and Zero-G, this project served hundreds of educators nationwide for over 3 years with the goals of re-igniting teacher passion, sparking student inspiration, and enhancing educator identity development. These brave teachers experienced weightlessness just like astronauts ... and then took it back to their classrooms using the elements of Experience Design Leadership. This clip is from the documentary film Brad directed.
6 Minutes.
Just Jane:
The Identity Interview
In collaboration with Jane Goodall, this documentary (sadly unfinished), features Brad's on-going interviews with Jane over the years based on their friendship and exploring the topic of transformative experiences and identity transformation as a learning journey throughout her long and amazing life.
2 Minutes.
Roots & Shoots Colorado
In collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute and many regional sponsors, Brad led the development of "Roots & Shoots Colorado" -- a state-wide initiative to coordinate Colorado's many R&S groups and to spark new ones at all K20 grade-levels. R&S design rubric for Compassionate Leadership was informed by Brad's ELVIS Framework for identity development in experience design. This video served as a program marketing tool for over 3 years.
5 Minutes.
Remembering Jane
While serving on the board of directors for the Jane Goodall Institute and chairing the Roots & Shoots Leadership Committee for the United States, Brad helped to bring Jane to Boulder Colorado on October 1, 2015 -- 10 years to the day of Jane's passing. This video tribute includes the "Just Jane" trailer and the Gombe Grove project (designed with the ELVIS Framework). Hundreds of middle school kids from dozens of Roots & Shoots clubs all over Colorado researched Jane's life and work, experienced her story in person, and planted trees with her dedicated to the chimpanzees she worked with in Africa. Goodbye Jane. We love you.
12 Minutes.
Hawaii:
Science-Learning Journeys
Serving practicing teachers and education graduate students at the University of Colorado Denver, this project was a research case study for Experience Design Leadership and the ELVIS Framework. It featured volcanic geology, ecology and speciation above and below water, and educator professional identity development through extraordinary experiences.
1 Minute.
Inspire Me Africa
(Power of Story)
From the documentary film, "Inspire Me Africa," these clips focus on the ELVIS component of narrative meaning-making in experiential learning. It features two of Brad's mentors: Dr. Mike Marlow and Dr. Jane Goodall, as well as several educators on transformative journeys through Tanzania with Brad.
9 Minutes.
Inspire Me Africa
(Identity Impacts)
From Brad's documentary film, "Inspire Me Africa," these clips focus on the ELVIS component of identity impact in transformative experiences. It features music educator John Balcer and how he brought his Africa experiences back to his students through an original and experiential musical production, incorporating culture, science, and personal relevance. Footnote: 12 years later, two of these students contacted John from the slopes of Kilimanjaro themselves.
7 Minutes.
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