400x - Week4
Developing Discussion & Assignment Prompts
Course Learning Outcomes
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Use the newly acquired technical and storytelling skills to produce a short documentary with integrity, curiosity, and open-mindedness. (This will be covered in Modules 1 , 2 & 3 )
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Apply critical thinking and analytical skills to better understand a civic engagement topic or issue, and identify its impact and connectedness across geographies. (This will be covered in Module 1)
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Develop the ability to collaborate effectively with others to deliver a final project. (This will be covered in Modules 1 & 2 )
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Recognize your ability (self-efficacy) to inform others, effect change and become civically engaged through filmmaking. (This will be covered in Modules 1 & 2 )
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Better understand your learning process: what you excelled at, struggled with, enjoyed most, and how you managed these experiences. Recognize your areas of strength and weakness and how to support and build up these areas. (This will be covered in Module 3 )
Module Learning Objectives
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Learn about the range of approaches and applications of documentary film and plan a storytelling project. (aligns with Learning Outcomes 1 & 2 )
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Recognize the value of understanding the topics documented in your international peers’ films and how they impact their communities. (aligns with Learning Outcome 2 )
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Collaborate with your classmates responsibly and respectfully in all stages of the production process. (aligns with Learning Outcome 3 )
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Develop and apply technical and storytelling skills. (aligns with Learning Outcome 4 )
Learning materials and activities
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Lectures and Presentations: Screen several student-produced projects and professionally produced projects that model the variety of films with civic engagement intentions. (aligns with Learning Objective 1)
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Pre-produced Tutorial videos: Introduce this series of videos posted to the LMS and reinforce some of the key aspects through class demonstrations and discussions. This will provide the students with a "big picture" of what the final module in this course will involve. (aligns with Learning Objective 1)
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Discussions and Debates: Use the first activity to lead into discussions and debates about the strengths, weaknesses and intended outcomes of the technical, storytelling and subject-matter aspects of each production. The instructor is prepared to point this out as well by selecting films for this purpose. (aligns with Learning Objective 1)
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Screen Explainer Video: This will be created using the AI Video Generation software, InVideo, to demonstration what the expections are for the students to complete Activities 5 and 6.
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Students Collaborate: Students pair up and identify a social issue topic of interest. They prepare a working document to outline their projects' core components (topic, problem, solution, interviewees, and supporting footage or broll). This can be done using Padlet between students who are collaborating in person or online. (aligns with Learning Objective 3)
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Hands-On Activity: The Student pairs (from #4) will not be using video for this assignment but will instead take photographs, write up text and make audio recordings that contribute to their storytelling on their selected topic. They will compile these into a slideshow and become the framework for a pitch of a longer final project for the course. This exercise demonstrates their developing skills in storytelling. (aligns with Learning Objective 4)
Discussion Prompts
Assignment Prompt
Reflection
It was a bit challenging to keep all of the elements in line - the course learning outcomes, learning objectives and the activities, but I think I am off to a solid start. Padlet is an easy and accessible tool for students to use and I hope that I can integrate this into my future instructional design work. It is important that the learning tools are easy to use for students across the globe since this course is designed for international students. Affordability and data connections also need to be taken into consideration.