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| Viral Education Media Posted by rmartin Thu, Aug 20, 2009 - 2:13pm |
Are there any case studies available on "viral education media" that the panel might recommend? I teach a course on "Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry" at San Antonio College in Texas, and use the term "viral education media" to describe the enhanced effect on student motivation and the contagious learning environment that audio video resources and teaching methods created in the context of this course. The "Legal Aspects" students were tasked with contributing 12 service hours per student for the entire semester to assemble an aggregate output of two hours of archival video footage for presentation to high schools students. By the end of the project, the students contributed an average of 25 service hours and generated over 20 hours of footage. The resulting work product is being edited into an instructional video series for high school students. More importantly, the effect of the "viral education media" method in reaching students with different learning styles was reflected in the high frequency of superior test scores among the students who successfully completed the course. I believe this project directly illustrates some of the advantages of broadband adoption by schools and libraries, and potential impact of "viral education media" in improving proficiencies in core learning skills. When the program airs, we will try to determine if high school students viewing the instructional material produced by the "Legal Aspects" students respond to the series the same way the "Legal Aspects" students responded to their course work. If so, this method could have far-reaching implications for motivating students in under-served areas - provided that their schools adopt broadband technologies and support professional development opportunities to their faculty and technical support staffs. Interested parties are invited to contact Rowland Martin at (210) 486-1859 or rmartin85@mail.accd.edu for more information about the attached article and the concept of "viral education media." |
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