DESIGNING AND ASSESSING STUDENT MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS

Centre for Learning and Teaching 2010

Dr Aziza Ellozy Director Centre for Learning and Teaching Associate Dean for Learning Technologies

Dr Hoda Mostafa Adjunct Associate Professor

What this workshop is about

  What are multimedia student-generated projects?   Why use multimedia projects in your classroom?   How to design multimedia projects?   How to assess?   Examples of student projects at AUC

“Students know they have learned something when they can explain their work and ideas to others and can successfully teach others difficult concepts or content”

Bennett ,1996

Media Literacy and 21st century skills

“provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate and create messages in a variety of forms - from print to video to the Internet”

“builds …essential skills of inquiry and self-expression necessary for citizens of a democracy”

Center for Media Literacy http://www.medialit.org/default.html

Critical Thinking Skills Creativity

Communication skills Curiosity

Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://www.p21.org/

Multimedia student projects

  Incorporate various media forms to deliver information

Interviews, narration

Pictures, images

Recorded video

Audio, music, sound effects

Online video resources

Text

Why use Multimedia projects

Multimedia projects

Student

Instructor

MM Project

MULTIMEDIA

PROJECTS

Student

Motivate participation

Collaborative skills

Critical and non-linear thinking

Addresses various learning styles and intelligences

Instructor

Reflection on teaching

Facilitator role Project

Employs a range of resources

Integrates multiple skills Adapted from: “Why use Multimedia Projects” : http://library.geneseo.edu/about/creation.shtml

MULTIMEDIA

PROJECTS

Student

Motivate participation

Collaborative skills

Critical and non-linear thinking

Addresses various learning styles and intelligences

Instructor

Reflection on teaching

Facilitator role Project

Employs a range of resources

Integrates multiple skills Adapted from: “Why use Multimedia Projects” : http://library.geneseo.edu/about/creation.shtml

How can INSTRUCTORS design a multimedia project for STUDENTS?

Good multimedia projects don’t happen by accident!

Define

Locate and

organise resources

Design

Develop media tools

and storyboard

Publish

Adapted from http://ali.apple.com/als/mmcheck/MultimediaDevelopmentCycle

Design Cycle

OUR EXPERIENCE: CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION AND LEARNING

“Evolution: the Birth of a Theory”

Pecha Kucha (20X20) project

UFOlogy versus the SETI institute

Wiki WIKI

Video:

Darwin’s theory of evolution

Digital Storytelling or Visual Paraphrasing? Projects in progress

Digital Storytelling or Visual Paraphrasing? Projects in progress

ASSESSMENT

How to assess a multimedia project

  Rubrics available   Identify key areas to assess   Adapt to your individual needs   Don’t start from scratch!   Example of rubric used in Scientific Thinking

Key Elements of our Rubric

  Content : accuracy and choice of material included in presentation

  Sequencing of Information / Storyboard       Effectiveness of message delivery/ Creativity and use of

media

  Group Peer Review on Class Wiki.

  Project Log/journal