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  • ADA SS2017 – Reflection: Day 4

    You guessed it, first some notes (PNI) to structure my thinking:

    P – Opportunity to practice and learn together is of immense value!

    N – Presentations via Skype do not work well. Perhaps consider creating a video of your presentation, and opening up a video-conferencing platform for discussion after the video has been watched? (NB to consider network-platform compatibility, e.g. Google server hosted on TENET.)

    I –Personal equipment seem to trump professional equipment for our purposes. Perhaps focus more on pre/post-production skills?

  • ADA SS2017 – Day 4: Class notes

    Video review

    Looking back at the videos we produced yesterday, and engaging in constructive feedback discussions.


    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries?list=PLMeXDHcjQ9S1NHHUGet5CwHSoiYVcTjAl]
    © Respective content creators.




    Group 1

    Video 1: Malaria 101
    P – Great integration of blog-link into video!
    N – A bit stoic.
    I  – Panel setting felt very academic.


    Video 2: TDS Eradicating Malaria Mobile
    P – Lovely use of different settings!
    N – Ambient noise, especially in the red chair. Think about managing the environment?
    I  – More natural setting felt like it would be more accessible to the public.

    Group 2

    Video 1: TDS MariaAnoukLily
    P – Interesting angle: introducing women in academia as real people!
    N – Sound is a bit sharp at times? Try to plan your framing from the perspective of the video frame, when possible.
    I  – Interesting to see that the “fun” video, shot with professional equipment, came across as less professional.


    Video 2: Anouk lily maria#1
    P – Intimate setting draws the viewer in, making the panel presentation very enjoyable!
    N – Loved it!
    I  – The more serious smartphone video seemed warmer, more intimate, and at the same time more informing.

    Group 3

    Video 1: Reggie interviews Kavena
    P – Visuals and sound are crisp and clear. Good interaction with each other!
    N – Very aware of scripts (visually).
    I  – Setting informs and supports the context of the interview. Feels more “open”, adding to the feeling of transparency in what we do.


    Video 2: Kavena interviews Reggie
    P – Intimacy adds to the feeling the you are sharing “insider info”
    N – Kavena disappears in the background. Perhaps switch positions?
    I  – Group feels that the smartphone video was easier to make.

    Group 4

    Video 1: TDS WillieAnthonyMalissa
    P – Content was a call to action – appealed to the needs of the target population.
    N – TOO LOUD! 
    I  – Tension is palpable from trying to be “professional”.


    Video 2: Mrs Mercy Amwoga
    P – Gorgeous colours!
    N – “Eyes on the prize” – eye movement is very noticeable. Video was shot too close.
    I  – Smartphone captures sound well in close quarters.

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    Guest speaker

    Michelle Wilmers (UCT) ROER4D
    Topic: The “Open” – OER, Creative Commons, Open Archives, Open Journals, MOOCs

    Opennes is a central mechanism for discoverability and participation in global 21st century scholarship.

    Presentation [PPT]
    Note to self: When presenting a talk virtually – especially when bandwidth is shaky – record the “presentation” as a video and then go to video-conferencing for discussion. (Also find out about network hosted services, e.g. Google on TENET, when considering conferencing tools.)


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    Focus on social media

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Wn9ryJM6w]
    © Respective content creators.

    SWOT analyses:



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    Trends for the future

    Wim Van Petegem (KU Leuven): Technology for Learning in Higher Education

                                                                 NMC Horizon report (Delphi study)
                                                                 Open Pedagogy report (Desktop study)

  • ADA SS2017 – Day 3: Class notes

    Something from our (digital) world:

    I want a Myo!!!

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWu9TFJjHaM]
    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te1RBQQlHz4]

    World Cafe:

    Video in the spotlight

    Snapshots of group discussions:

    Video in Research



    Video in Education
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    Guest Speaker:

    Lucille Müller (Center for Learning Technologies (SU) Multimedia Expert)
    on Presentation Design
    >>link to presentation here<<


    7 Design Tips:

    1. Create your own design,
    2. Text – no more than 6 lines (max 20 words) per slide,
    3. Use good fonts (smallest font size for lecture halls: 32),
    4. Colour (no more than 4 for text – with the exception of school audiences),
    5. Images say more,
    6. Include rich media,
    7. Get inspired!



    New presentation options: http://slidedog.com/

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    Prof Wim Petegem shares work with VLIRUOS.be

    Find out about going to: KU Leuven Audiovisual Learning Materials – Management, production and Activities (apply: AVLM 2017) hosted by Prof Wim Petegem.

    [Get PDF] Research: how do you get it out there? by Lisa de Haardt & Hans van de Water

  • ADA SS2017 – Reflection: Day 2

    As before, some preliminary notes (PNI) to structure my thinking:

    P – Curation of a professional profile (in the context of multiple digital identities). ADA WiFi is Mac-friendly now 🙂 ADDIE design in terms of our personal projects helped clarify considerations and practicalities of what we plan to do and how.

    N – Networking do’s and dont’s – especially when it comes to open digital scholarship – needs deeper exploration. How does what we share influence the ownership/novelty/value of our scholarly work? (Dissertations/articles in terms of University requirements and journals?)

    I – Creating digital content and the services available to us at our institutions.

    Reflection:

    Content Reflection: Day 2 class work focused on design based thinking in terms of our projects. Working on our planning using the ADDIE framework helped make my personal project (#EngCS in 2017) seem more achievable. Guest speakers reminded us of the importance of clear, focussed and deliberate work in different aspects of our output.

    Process Reflection: Caring about my group members’ projects, as well as my own, allowed for constructive contribution to each other’s planning. I would not have thought of everything on my own, and I believe my project only gained from the exercise.

    Critical Reflection: The way in which we present ourselves, and react to each other (even subconsciously) sends out strong messages to the people around us. Try to apply the same development and curating principles for our “digital personas” to our “real-world” [inter]actions.

  • ADA SS2017 – Day 2: Practicals

    Ide(e/a)

    How important do you think your digital footprint is?
    Hoe belangrik dink jy is jou digitale voetspoor?

    Soundcloud

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