In this post, Experiential Design and Aesthetic Empathy, I discuss ways that students can immersive themselves in experiential content creation. In a world where students often feel disconnected and isolated, we can offer opportunities for them to experience, connect, and share to promote a sense of aesthetic empathy.
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As digital and multimodal composers, we live in two worlds: the virtual and the real. We go back and forth between these two worlds to create content and represent experiences. Our attempts to represent online give us opportunities to show our lives, our thoughts, and our experiences. The best digital writing happens when we communicate something meaningful and create a world for audiences who are not there in person. A simple example of this is when we go on vacation, and we share images and visual narratives of our journeys, meals, and even events. In these examples, we are trying to recreate a sensory and emotional experience for our audiences – one where they can feel the impact of the experience without actually being there.
February 2024
