ascilite 2007 Workshop

Are you prepared for the YouTube generation? Using digital video archives to develop independent thinking and learning

Objectives	The workshop will explore in both conceptual and practical terms the growing fascination and allegiance students have developed with social networking video sites, such as YouTube, and will demonstrate how these allegiances can be used as hooks to engage learners in high level thinking skills, including critical thinking. By the end of workshop participants will: Acquire a clear conceptual understanding (based around current research and theory) of how digital video archives can be used to support teaching and personalized learning in tertiary education contexts Understand and be aware of the current trends of young people for using online video archives in their personal lives (e.g. YouTube) Develop a range of practical approaches for incorporating digital video archives into their teaching strategies Understand how to challenge learners with more demanding and higher level cognitive tasks based around the use of digital video archives Be able to apply a selection of the illustrated methodologies to examples drawn from their own subject area and interests Be aware of where they can acquire digital video resources for use in teaching and to support student learning Be able to make critical judgments as to the effectiveness of different strategies for using digital video in different contexts Be aware of the technical and practical requirements which enable teachers or lecturers to incorporate these resources into the teaching repertoire (e.g. placing clips in PowerPoint) Be aware of the practical requirements for students to re-purpose and use digital video clips as part of a student centred project (e.g. basic editing techniques, etc)
Intended audience	The workshop is designed for teachers and lecturers interested in investigating the effective use of digital video archives in teaching and learning, for learning technologists interested in supporting and promoting the use of digital video clips in tertiary education, and for policy-makers interested in discovering the institutional opportunities for this technology applied media. Participants need no prior technical or media expertise as this will be explained and developed (where appropriate) during the workshop itself. The focus of the workshop is firmly on sharing and developing a common understanding for the use of digital video archives to support learning (pedagogy). Participants should be prepared to engage in discussion and exploration around this theme.
Facilitators	Kevin Burden is director of Cascade, a multimedia evaluation and development centre based in the University of Hull. He has worked on several national and international projects relating to the development of teaching and learning resources using digitally rich media. These include New Directions in Digital Media (a project pioneering the use of DVD in classrooms, sponsored by Nesta) The Good Guide to Interactive Whiteboards (Nesta sponsored award) , the Evaluation of the Becta Digital Assets Project, 2002-2004 and the BBC LearnXpress project which promoted the use of BBC clips library in schools across the sub-region. Kevin teaches on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules which develop the pedagogic use of new technologies to support learning. He supports a wide range of staff across campus in the use of digital media and digital video in particular. Examples include the use of video in science teaching, business school and English literature. He has presented on this theme at a number of national and international venues including Hong Kong University, the University of Technology Sydney, JISC Annual Conference and Becta Research Conference. Simon Atkinson is Director of the Learning & Teaching Support Unit at the University of Hull. He has worked on several European e-learning development projects including the 2004-2006 ODL-NET Experience: Open and Distance Learning Network for Exchange of Experiences, concerning the creation and consolidation of a network for the analysis and exchange of ODL experiences across European higher education. Simon is currently visiting Expert to the Croatian National TEMPUS project EQIBELT, developing support for supporting e-learning policies and practice to support e-learning. Simon provides pedagogical advice and guidance to institutional colleagues developing programs at all levels, in both on campus and flexible delivery models. He manages the institution's Fellowships and Innovations programs as well as representing the institution as Senior Contact with the UK Higher Education Authority, as a member of UK representative bodies such as the Heads of Educational Development Group (HEDG) and the Heads of e-Learning Forum (HeLF). Simon has a long standing interest in national identity and forms of cultural evolution mediated through media and technology. His research interests draw from a range of social science disciplines with a particular focus on cultural-historical activity theory and emergent technologies.
Details of activities	Tertiary education worldwide faces a series of challenges related to the diversity and needs of the student body. Learners are multi-faceted in their needs and are increasingly looking for a greater range of choices in the way they are taught and the ways in which they learn. This full day workshop addresses many of the key themes of the conference as it concentrates on investigating "how we as educators can provide stimulating and engaging learning environments" through the use and adaptation of video archives. Video archives are emerging as a major source of teaching and learning material for the tertiary community and build upon an existing awareness and familiarity young people have acquired with online video through the medium of YouTube and the like. The workshop leaders have worked on many digital video related projects and are currently completing a set of innovative assisted take-up materials for the UK Higher education community (on behalf of the JISC). The workshop will illustrate with exemplars and problem-solving scenarios how video archive clips from a range of worldwide video archives (including the soon to be released Newsfilm Online (ITN) video archive) can be used to develop higher levels of engagement, critical thinking and student independence. The authors of the materials have developed a conceptual framework for the use of video archives which is transferable across different materials and teaching contexts. The workshop will explore how these approaches can be transferred to specific disciplines in order to develop higher order thinking skills such as analysis, explanation, augmentation, synthesis, extrapolation and interpretation. Examples will range from teacher focused exemplars (e.g. narrative development, stimuli, etc) through to student focused re-purposing of digital video as part of a knowledge construction paradigm. Participants will take part in a series of hands on activities to guide them through the range of exemplars we have developed and will be able to develop their own examples relevant to their particular teaching disciplines. Time Activity Description Link to objectives 09:30-09:40 Introduction - objectives and protocols Setting the workshop in context 09:40-10:05 Illustrated presentation exploring different teaching/ learning models for digital media/ video Using a series of case studies (e.g. lecturers working with digital video archives) to elaborate a range of learning theories and their fit with digital video - participants will develop a 3D model during this activity 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 10:05-10.50 Practical activity - teacher focused models Participants will be asked to develop a teaching example for their own discipline based on the models and examples provided - participants will work in pairs to review archive material and develop a simple idea 1, 5 10:50-11:05 Refreshment break Opportunity to exchange initial ideas and feedback from first sessions 11:05-11:20 Structured reflection and feedback Presentation of exemplars from participants and 'critical feedback' from others around model provided 7 11:20-12:05 Practical session - technical aspects Hands on session focused on helping participants understand the technical issues around incorporating video clips in a PowerPoint presentation, VLE, website, etc 3, 8 12:05-12:20 Student authored video clips and learning in higher education Illustrative presentation to show how students have re-purposed digital video archive clips to demonstrate understanding and mastery of higher order concepts and principles 1, 9 12:20-12:30 Plenary - ways forward Summary of learning - 'take aways' (what does this mean for you?)
References	Newsfilm Online Assisted Take-Up Materials Project (2007). https://hullnewsfilm.wikispaces.com/ Burden, K. & Kuechel, T. (2004). Evaluation report of the teaching and learning with digital video assets pilot 2003-2004. Becta. http://www.becta.org.uk/page_documents/research/evaluation_dv_assets03.pdf