1. 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

2. Coalition for Networked Information CNI
Joint program of ARL & EDUCAUSE
200+ member institutions
Freely available web resources
Coalition for Networked Information CNI

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

4. New media course projects
Develop literacies – media, visual, information, technology
Make student work visible
Increase employability

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Cross-institutional collaboration on a web assignment

10. Dartmouth student video projects
“My hope for this project is that it will be interesting, challenging, and I dare say fun.”

11. 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.”
nurturing-student-creativity-with-video-projects/
student-video-projects-in-law-school2

12. Capstone/thesis projects in physical and virtual spaces

13. 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

14. Student project transcribing manuscripts & posting analysis on History Engine

15. Digital history project timeline
Very small liberal arts college
Website, timeline, topical narratives
Use of visual primary resources incorporated with text

16. 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
teaching-foreign-language-video-podcast-assignments-examples-
american-sign-language-course

17. Student art projects for Open Access Week
SUNY College at Brockport

18. 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
oakland-u-prepares-students-strategic-business-data-demands/

19. 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

20. Resources needed for media projects
Faculty/staff
Pedagogical expertise
Media expertise
Outreach capabilities
Collaborative spirit

21. 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

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

23. Resources needed for media projects
Physical space
Workshop/class space
Walk-in lab
One-on-one consultation
“Sandbox”
Equipment & software
Production
Loanable

24. Developing a holistic program
Occidental College

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

26. Sources of ideas New Media Consortium (NMC) www.nmc.org
NITLE
EDUCAUSE, ELI
CNI
MERLOT
NSDL
Internet Scout

27. 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

28. Thank you! Joan K. Lippincott (at NCSU Hunt Library) joan@cni.org
All photos are my own unless noted