It's flipping easy!

Samantha Earp – ELI Online Spring Focus Session 2010



It's flipping easy!

How easy to use portable digital

camcorders bring the larger world and new pedagogies into the

classroom


Session Overview

• Context• About Duke’s Flip

program• What is now possible• How we support Flip

use at Duke• Lessons learned


Duke Digital Initiative

• Grew out of iPod First Year Experience

• Growth to include other aspects of digital media

• First focus on video in Spring 2006


Early video programs

• DV tape-based programs

• High-touch support• Via grant / application

process• Limited number of

video kits available


Early support model


Is there anything simpler?

• Easier access• Point and shoot• Lower need for

mediation


Early support model


New support model


Basic circulation model

• LINK Service Desk• Walk-up access• First-come, first served• Grab & go!


What is now possible

• Creative student projects

• More focus on student research

• Community engagement


Creative student projects

• Demonstrations of capstone competencies

• Field interviews• Public Service

Announcements• Extracurricular, student

life activities• Lightweight

videography


More focus on student research


Community engagement“We use the cameras mainly as reflective tools, to help students see their experiences in a different way and to share that with their class.”- Andrea Marston, research service-learning coordinator


Support resources

• Center for Instructional Technology

• Multimedia Project Studio

• LINK Teaching & Learning Center


Center for Instructional Technology


Multimedia Project Studio

• Student assistants with video expertise

• Hours that appeal to students

• Equipment ready for variety of editing needs


LINK Service Desk

• Basic circulation• Basic consultation• “low-hanging fruit”• Walk-up access


Lessons learned

• Circulation• Technical support• Instructional• Meta


Circulation

• Expect high demand!• Keep it simple• Create clear, consistent

policies• Document use, for

future planning


Technical support• Help students help

themselves• Use the tools students

use• Often not as much help

needed as much as before

• And sometimes more help needed than before


Instructional

• Focus on the instructional task

• Expectations and assessment are key

• Interest in a broader conversation around media literacies


“These cameras get students up close and personal to what they’re studying. This medium makes more sense to them, and it can help document events that elude traditional media. How do you get your hands around a parade? Filming in real time is one way.”- David Morgan, religion professor


Credits

• DukeLink Flickr stream• Duke on Demand• Center for Instructional

Technology project examples

• Duke News features• Duke Digital Initiative

support materials


Thank you!

Documents

It's flipping easy!