NO CHILD (OR FACULTY MEMBER) LEFT BEHIND: Advancing Media Literacy &

Preparing Students to be 21st Century Professionals

NO CHILD (OR FACULTY MEMBER) LEFT BEHIND: Advancing Media Literacy &

Preparing Students to be 21st Century Professionals

“A man who carries a cat by the tail

learns something he can learn in no

other way.”

— Mark Twain

PresentersPresenters

Rob Bruce

Susanna Herndon

Coco Kishi

AgendaAgenda• Introduction

• The University of Texas at Austin and the Division of

Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA)

• Digital Media Services

– The Visionary Dream

– The Practical Reality

– Lessons learned . . . and confirmed

• Q & A

University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Austin• ~50,000 students

• 16 colleges and schools

• 2,700+ teaching faculty

• 19,000 staff

• 350-acre main campus

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D I I AD I I A The Division of Instructional Innovation and

Assessment (DIIA) was created in 2001 to address

evolving teaching, learning, and assessment needs of

UT Austin faculty members and students.

DIIA is a division under the Dean of Continuing and

Innovative Education with the express mission to

work with all university colleges, schools, and units to

enhance teaching and learning.

D I I AD I I A Instructional Technology Research and Development Faculty and Graduate Student Instructional

Consulting Instructional Assessment and Evaluation

Digital Media ServicesDigital Media Services

The Visionary Dream

• Facilities

• Financial resources

• Talent

• Faculty served

• Students impacted

Digital Media ServicesDigital Media Services

The Visionary Dream

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What we desiredWhat we desired

MIT Stata Center

Saltire Centre

Glasgow Caldonian University Salt Lake City Public Library

What we gotWhat we got

DMS ServicesDMS Services

• Training

• Consulting

• Facility use

• Equipment checkout

• Online resources

Servicesfor facultyServicesfor faculty

• Course incubation

• Individual consultation

• Faculty media workshop

• Monthly group feedback sessions

Servicesfor studentsServicesfor students

• From just-in-case to

just-in-time training

• Workshops: audio recording, video recording,

video editing, screencasting, creativity, digital

storytelling, storyboarding, project management,

team building and custom workshops on other tools

Servicesfor studentsServicesfor students

• Consulting

• Facility use– Digital media lab

– Audio recording studio

– Video recording studio

• Camera kit checkout

Staff ResourcesStaff Resources

Program assessmentProgram assessment

• Process and protocol

• Capacity

• Faculty readiness

• Student learning

Media project evaluationMedia project evaluationwww.utexas.edu/academic/diia/dms/faculty/assessment/index.php

ResultsResults• Fall 06 - 4 courses/60 students/12+

projects

• Spring 07 - 17 courses/282 students/333 media projects (141 video projects)

ExpectationsExpectations• Students are technically savvy

• Students want to learn media techniques

• Students will come to evening and weekend workshops

• OS does not matter

• iMovie is easy to learn and use

• Students will manage their time well

• Students will want to workat home or other labs

Lessons confirmedLessons confirmed• Students are majority PC users

• Students forget everything quickly

• Students want in-class training

• Students are careless with camera settings

• Students are new to dealing with large file sizes

• Students procrastinate despite warnings

• Students need coaching to work in teams

• Students like getting hands-on help but . . .

Lessons confirmedLessons confirmed• Services became critical course component

• Limit student projects to 5 min max

• Video projects are hard to scale

• Carefully monitor faculty

expectations

• Not for everybody

Survival TipsSurvival Tips• Dedicated staff

• Communicate...communicate

• Rapid response to changes

• Continual feedback

• Be flexible

• Have access to more $$$

Next Phase 2007-08Next Phase 2007-08

• Activity tracking

• Equipment checkout system

• Online training & tracking

• More diverse offerings

• Cross platform tools

• Assessment

• Longitudinal tracking of students

AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgmentsPenn State Studio 204

www.studio204.tlt.psu.edu

University of Tennessee Libraries Media CenterThe Studiowww.lib.utk.edu/mediacenter/studio/index.html

University of Wisconsin DoIT www.academictech.doit.wisc.edu/ORFI/avs/index.htm

ContactContact

DMS Web:

http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/dms/

Rob Brucergb@austin.utexas.edu

Susanna Herndonherndon@mail.utexas.edu

Coco Kishicoco@uts.cc.utexas.edu