heacademy: collaborative learning, collaborative journalism: inside & outside the university
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Slides from plenary session at the Higher Education Academy Seminar on Collaborative Learning, Collaborative Journalism co-presented with Prof. David McGillivray.TRANSCRIPT
Collaborative Learning,Collaborative Journalism:Inside and Outside the
University
@dgmcgillivray, @jennifermjones
Context
18 months ago
alternative media
HE Funding
@UWSCreative
UWS Mission Statement
• “Provide distinctive higher education through inspirational teaching and learning. We'll respond to individual needs and those of the communities we serve to transform people, communities and organisations, becoming a partner of choice across the West of Scotland, nationally and internationally.”
#uwsltas
#london2012
• GRAND NARRATIVES AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE, CRITICALLY AWARE OF MEDIA - PRODUCER NOT CONSUMER.
#media2012
#citizenrelay used a hybrid media environment, including blogs and social media, to mobilise, organise and discuss
issues pertaining the Olympic Torch Relay
Small media, citizen-oriented
Immediacy
Speed, of communication and representation, is a prominent feature of
the accelerated mega event spectacle, creating challenges of narrative control and management for event owners and
corporate sponsors alike
• WHAT DID WE DO?
Networks and connectedness
The project intentionally adopted a decentralized and distributed structure,
where heterogeneous actors could network and amplify their messages
through a shared communication platform
locality
A commitment to a more bottom-up, place-specific agenda was built into the recruitment of
volunteer reporters from four regions of Scotland and investment in a mobile community media
centre (a minibus) to help support citizen media makers in each locality
Empowerment
mass media and institutional gatekeepers are being circumvented by citizen reporters and commentators who provide first-hand, real-
time coverage and non-hegemonic interpretations (Bakardjieva, et al, 2012),
Internal Learnings
Curriculum Design
Opportunities for“Broadcast Standard”
Content
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9PjVowWbv1Q#at=15
Gaps in knowledge
#citizenrelay launch (March 2013)
http://storify.com/jennifermjones/day-2-at-uwsinteractive-citizenrelay-launch-6th-ma
Speed of content
Type of “Kit”
Exclusivity of sources
Flexibility of curriculumAccreditation
Institutional Risk
Access to Stories
Challenging existingpractice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jrx6pB7hKohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72dVFHzc-rI
Translation of learning in communities
University is more than the estate
#digitalsentinel
Media Literacies
Merit
Accredited Learning,Accredited Journalism