Coalition for Networked Information American University in Kosovo Enhancing the Educational Experience of Students through Multimedia Projects Joan K. Lippincott Coalition for Networked Information AMICAL Workshop American University in Kosovo 21-22 March, 2014

Coalition for Networked Information CNI Joint program of ARL & EDUCAUSE 200+ member institutions Freely available web resources www.cni.org Coalition for Networked Information CNI http://www.cni.org/topics/net-gen/online-video-creation-by-undergraduates/

New media course projects Provide opportunities for active learning Can increase student engagement in subject Encourage collaborative work Multimedia Studio – Georgia Tech

New media course projects Develop literacies – media, visual, information, technology Make student work visible Increase employability https://www.scu.edu/sustainability/education/greendocs.cfm

New media projects support Learning that is: Active Social / Collaborative Building on a framework of disciplinary knowledge Public and shareable Syracuse U. iSchool

New media course projects “When people talk to me about the digital divide, I think of it not being so much about who has access to what technology as who knows how to create and express themselves in this new language of the screen. If students aren't taught the language of sound and images, shouldn't they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read or write?” George Lucas http://www.edutopia.org/life-screen

New media course projects A means to: Mobilize evidence Support arguments Share with global community Potentially “geek out for democracy” If new media skills are not part of students’ formal education, many will be left behind or will be unable to move to higher levels of expression and impact Henry Jenkins, USC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gPm-c1wRsQ

Group collaboration on a web & blog assignment “I hate working in groups and as a biology major, I had never experienced a class so revolved around group work,” said Emily Sdao of Fredericksburg, Va., a senior majoring in biological sciences, in a blog for the course. “As the semester went on though, cancer biology became less of a class and more of a life experience for me. I realized that I could actually be interested in what I was learning, rather than just learning it to get a good grade on an exam. ... I found out about the importance of cooperating well with others and working as a team for the betterment of other team members, employees and clientele, not just myself.” Virginia Tech http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/10/102113-uged-cancerexhibit.html http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/cancersgonewild

Cross-institutional collaboration on a web assignment http://lookingforwhitman.org/ http://describing.lookingforwhitman.org/

Dartmouth student video projects “My hope for this project is that it will be interesting, challenging, and I dare say fun.” http://www.dartmouth.edu/~videoprojects/wp/

U. Pennsylvania student video projects Linking coursework with community work Convey complex information in a powerful message “Students have created clemency videos, asylum petitions, documentaries and more.” http://elixr.merlot.org/case-stories/teaching-strategies/ nurturing-student-creativity-with-video-projects/ student-video-projects-in-law-school2

Capstone/thesis projects in physical and virtual spaces http://news.lib.uchicago.edu/blog/2012/07/05/student-life-meets-medieval-marginalia/ http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/webexhibits/ontheedge/

Google Maps and Website Project Map locates American expatriates in Paris and includes a timeline Clicking on names reveals essays written by undergraduate students Collaboration between Center for Teaching, Learning, & Ttechnology, Digital Scholarship Lab, and course faculty University of Richmond Library http://dsl.richmond.edu/?page_id=6

Student project transcribing manuscripts & posting analysis on History Engine http://wheatoncollege.edu/digital-history-project/teaching/ http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/5024

Digital history project timeline Very small liberal arts college Website, timeline, topical narratives Use of visual primary resources incorporated with text http://historyinthecity.blogspot.com/2014/01/doing-digital-history-with-undergrads.html

Student-created podcasts or vodcasts Often used in language learning Students listen to recordings and then tape their own assignments Can be expanded for higher level proficiencies, e.g. an oral report on the culture/politics of a country in the language studied http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/ teaching-foreign-language-video-podcast-assignments-examples- american-sign-language-course

Student art projects for Open Access Week SUNY College at Brockport

Business Students & Data Visualization Students work in teams of two on capstone projects Companies provide a project and data Projects use either data visualization or predictive analytics Oakland U. (Michigan) master’s program http://data-informed.com/ oakland-u-prepares-students-strategic-business-data-demands/

High-end undergraduate projects Fly-through 3-D model of ancient city of Troy Supplemented with text, images, video clips of interviews with experts Archaeological data linked to myth and passages from Homer “They have learned more and different things than they would have doing a paper.” USC Professor

Resources needed for media projects Faculty/staff Pedagogical expertise Media expertise Outreach capabilities Collaborative spirit http://www.luc.edu/digitalmedia/

Faculty partnering with information professionals Assist students in developing strategies to find content Ensure that students have the opportunity to learn skills and have access to follow-up assistance Emphasize need to develop an academic argument Build in conversations about intellectual property Develop and distribute a rubric for the project http://www.dartmouth.edu/~videoprojects/wp/?page_id=373

Resources needed for media projects Administrative support Stated educational goal Funds for staff, release time, stipends, rewards Equipment, software, facilities McMaster U. Media Centre

Resources needed for media projects Physical space Workshop/class space Walk-in lab One-on-one consultation “Sandbox” Equipment & software Production Loanable http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/techlending

Developing a holistic program Occidental College http://www.oxy.edu/scholarship-technology

Media wall – The Link – Duke U. Displaying Projects Websites Digital displays Contests Screenings Media wall – The Link – Duke U.

Sources of ideas New Media Consortium (NMC) www.nmc.org NITLE www.nitle.org EDUCAUSE, ELI www.educause.edu CNI www.cni.org MERLOT www.merlot.org NSDL https://nsdl.org/ Internet Scout https://scout.wisc.edu/

Moving forward Inventory staff skills, available technologies Target courses that might consider innovative student projects Start small – pilot Focus on the learning aspects first, then the appropriate technology Celebrate successes, learn from difficulties encountered

Thank you! Joan K. Lippincott (at NCSU Hunt Library) joan@cni.org http://www.cni.org/about-cni/staff/joan-k-lippincott/ All photos are my own unless noted