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CODE120: Research Team I
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Instructional Context CODE120 is the first of three semesters of Research Teams. In their first semester, students work with one another, their professor, and their community partner to understand the problem facing the community. CODES courses are based systems thinking, and in this course, students work to understand one or more systems that impact…
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Final Project: Scrollytelling Project and Presentation
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Overview In this culminating project, students work in groups to produce a robust systems analysis for their community partner. Their essay takes the shape of a scrollytelling project, a dynamic form of digital storytelling that incorporates images, data visualizations, video, and maps alongside text. At the end of the semester, they present their systems…
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Multimedia Essay 2: Local Systems Analysis
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Overview In this essay, students dive deeper into systems thinking. Their task in this assignment is to produce an analysis of a relevant local system that will inform their community partner’s work. This assignment is also a gentle introduction to group work; while each student writes their own essay, they work with group members…
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Multimedia Essay 1: Telling a Systems Story
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Overview This essay asks students to employ systems thinking at multiple levels, first assessing which systems are shaping the problem that their community partner is grappling with, and then exploring how they have been impacted by that system themselves. This process builds connection between students and their research, while also teaching them how their…
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Source Analysis
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Overview This reading check is an in-class assignment that helps students prepare for discussion, analyze readings, and synthesize information. Assignment Sheet