Media 1.0

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Media 2.0

EHU-SUNY COLLABORATIVE PROJECTDr. Victoria Minina, EFL, European Humanities University, Belarus

Richard Cattabiani, Director of International Programs and Instructor, Contemporary World Literature, SUNY Ulster, USA

Hope Windle , Instructional Designer, SUNY Ulster, USA

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Course Content 1 week introductory

unit about Media 1.0 vs. 2.0 – designed by Richard

Cattabiani and Hope Windle – with Rebecca Smolar,

Globalization 101 – reshaped by the EHU

instructors

2 week unit focusing on the book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, initially designed by Richard Cattabiani but reshaped by all

2 week creative project based on the graphic novel formatdesigned by all.

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What it takes – Start early

– Select your students very carefully

– Use student-centered methodology

– Use many visuals (e.g. photos, pictures, videos, etc)

– Provide clear instructions for each assignment

– Provide weekly feedback

– Be ready to work hard

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Course Development

Choosing a methodology for online teaching

Developing detail instructions for working in the course

Developing a syllabus and week by week assignments

Integrating EHU teaching standards into SUNY educational environment

Grading criteria & rubrics

Sharing of responsibilities

Engaging and selecting students

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Course Goals

To design a safe space for international collaboration

To articulate the difference between people driven media versus corporate or state driven media

To broaden students and faculty appreciation of other cultures and politics

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…I’m a bit skeptical about TV as most of the channels in our country are of a government sector…

…Internet was an absolute breakthrough …

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Creating a cross-cultural media project worthy of publication

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• Persepolis. I loved the story, and I thought it was clever to use a graphic novel to surpass any language barriers between the two groups.

American students really have explicit freedom of speech!!!!!!!! And due to this course we had an opportunity to appreciate it and express our ideas and then discussed them!!! Wonderful!!!!!!!!

What students say

It seems that US media is a little more democratic than Belarusian. But it was interesting to know that sometimes the Americans didn't trust the news as well as Belarusian people. I think I got good information about US media in this project.

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