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Effective Learning Strategies Forum
Tuesday, August 9, 2005

Session 28
Storyboarding as a Collaborative Learning Tool in the Accounting Classroom

Presenter:
Barbara Lamberton, University of Hartford

Description:
The use of storyboarding in the classroom represents an extension of the management technique first introduced by Walt Disney as a means for generating and organizing creative input from a wide variety of participants. Although the purpose of storyboarding at Disney was to facilitate the development of film, businesses have adapted the technique as an effective, group problem-solving tool in a wide variety of areas, such as strategic planning and the design of activity-based costing systems. Based on personal experience with storyboarding both in business and academic settings, the proposal organizer will demonstrate and discuss how storyboarding can be used in the accounting classroom as an useful group exercise tool that fosters collaborative learning. The participant is expected to:

1. Obtain an understanding of the basic concepts involved in storyboarding and how the technique can be adapted to accounting learning objectives.
2. Gain an appreciation of the type of topics that are most amenable to storyboarding in the classroom.
3. Demonstrate how storyboarding works with examples in the area of activity-based costing and the balanced scorecard.
4. Demonstrate how storyboarding can be adapted to either a high-technology or low-technology environment.

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