student-created media in the ubc faculty of land and food systems
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Morgan Reid and Duncan McHugh of UBC's Faculty of Land and Food Systems' Learning Centre gave presentation on student-created media at this month's LFS Community Meeting. They touched on podcasting, blogging and digital storytelling.TRANSCRIPT
Student-created Media
Duncan McHugh &Morgan ReidThe Learning Centre
LFS Community MeetingMay 6th, 2008
Putting Digital Tools into Students' Hands
I) Podcasting AGRO 461 Andrew Riseman
II) BloggingAGRO 315, David Fraser
III) Digital StorytellingAGSC 496, Cathleen Nichols
Learning Centre Pilots
・ Mostly re-purposing lectures ・ Useful, not very dynamic
Academic podcasting
・ Cross-campus collaboration
The PEPI Group
・ Engaging their research in a new way ・ Improving their
communication skills ・ Expressing
themselves using digital tools ・ Spreading their
message to a broader audience
Agroecology students
・ How to get good recording ・ The use of audio
recorders ・ Basic audio editing ・ Copyright awareness
Technology workshops
・ Audacity
Tools
・ M-Audio 24/96 microtrack recorders
Tools
・ M-Audio 24/96 microtrack recorders ・ iPod Nanos & XtremeMac MicroMedia mics
Tools
・ The learning curve (and willingness) to learn new technology, esp. in
the face of heavy courseloads ・ Establishing and
maintaining resources ・ Creating a rubric for
evaluation
Student expectations
What were the results?
“Creating a podcast that tells a story is entirely different from writing a report. Creating a podcast is, dare I say it, fun! Learning about how to hunt a story is like learning to hunt for a mysterious animal, adept at hiding, but powerless against a friendly interviewer with well-timed, well thought-out, open-ended questions. The search for a story takes the project creator out of their windowless dorm room or stuffy apartment, and away from their computer (for the time being). Podcast story hunting takes the author character hunting, forcing them to contact people they may not otherwise meet, interacting with them one-on-one, building a rapport, and learning to ask the right questions to delve deeper into what their character might have to say. Interviewing this character forces the podcast author to become a listener.”
- AGRO 461 student
・ Heritage Apple Orchard ・ Landed Learning Project
Student podcasts
・ Another technology fad or a maturing tool?
Blogs for teaching and learning(5-7 minutes)
・ (What are blogs?) and Why use them?
…blogs…
…blogs...
・ Dr. David Fraser’s Animal Welfare course (AGRO 315)
In the Faculty's popular third-year Animal Welfare course (AGRO 315) each student researches an original term paper (topics range from Avian Influenza to thoroughbred racing) and presents their findings to the class.
One example: Arielle McKeown (Animal Welfare, 3rd year)http://blogs.landfood.ubc.ca/horsewelfare
・ A local example:
…blogs.
"The class enjoyed this form of communication, and the students acquired a skill that will serve them well in the future.”
Dr. David Fraser
・ Part of AGSC 496 ・ Two students ・ Self-reflection using all
manner of digital media
Digital Storytelling
・ Audacity ・ Photoshop ・ iMovie ・ Microphones ・ Cameras & camcorders ・ Multimedia Lab in the
Learning Centre
Digital Storytelling Tools
・ Learning curve for technology ・ Strain on students ・ Evaluation rubric ・ Copyright concerns ・ Workflow
Challenges
Sophia’s story
Questions?