Not surprisingly, I have been watching more videos than I
have been reading texts about this well-resourced subject area!
Opportunities for highly personalised, relevant learning
environments to be enriched through the possibilities of incorporating the
moving image are vast. Not only do some of the key resource sites (such as
YouTube and TED) have designated 'Education' sites with a wealth of audiovisual
information; they have guides and tools for learning facilitators to find,
curate and create video material to match their learning environment.
Schwartz and Hartman's article on 'designing digital video'
(2007) explores different approaches using the medium as a form of
'instruction' and 'assessment'. Four key outcomes are explored with examples
given; including some creative uses of multi-media, in which designed video
plays a very specific role alongside interactive content in enabling learning.
The learning environment I currently work in is normally a
creative one, with varied activities undertaken both in and out of the
classroom. A project was recently undertaken where the creation, planning and
executing of a short documentary was undertaken by a small group of pupils
investigating their school. Many different skills were touched upon in the
process; namely teamwork, confidence-building and technical skills. The 'tool'
of film-making was well-suited to the original aim of the young people
producing a 'snapshot in time' critique on their own learning environment.
Schwartz, D. L. and Hartman, K. (2007) It is not television anymore: Designing digital video for learning and assessment. In R. Goldman, R. P Pea, B. Barron, & S. Derry (Eds.), Video research in the learning sciences.
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