Creating Artful Thinkers - Transforming Research into Practice, Onsite to Online Learning

National Gallery of Art educators Julie Carmean and Sara Lesk propose presenting about their process of transforming research into practice through creating the National Gallery’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), specifically for K-12 educators, using the pedagogy of Harvard’s Artful Thinking Routines and the National Gallery’s art collection. This free, international, online learning experience aims to democratize the opportunity for teachers to bring critical thinking through art to their students around the world. Participants will experience a combined onsite/online demonstration of one of their MOOC modules by, first, engaging with a work of art, using an Artful Thinking routine; second, watching a produced video of students responding to the same work, using the same routine as participants; and third, discussing the experience and the documentation of student learning, as would happen on a discussion forum. The presenters will then invite participants to give actionable feedback to course creators