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Hula Hoops and Bottlenecks: Using Media to Teach Difficult Concepts . Ray Purdom Teaching and Learning Center UNC Greensboro. Research Related to Using Media in Teaching Clips from Popular Films and Other Video Works of Art Brief Hybrid Modules. Overview. Visuals Matter!
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Hula Hoops and Bottlenecks: Using Media to Teach Difficult Concepts Ray PurdomTeaching and Learning Center UNC Greensboro
Research Related to Using Media in Teaching Clips from Popular Films and Other Video Works of Art Brief Hybrid Modules Overview
Visuals Matter! “Visuals and text/auditory input are processed in separate channels, presenting the potential for simultaneous augmentation of learning. The bottom line is that students using well-designed combinations of visuals and text learn more than students who use only text.” Research Summary From “Multimodal Learning Through Media: What the Research Says” commissioned by Cisco Systems, Inc
Science Education Resources Center at Carleton College http://serc.carleton.edu Starting Point http://serc.carleton.edu/econ Using Media to Enhance Teaching and Learning http://serc.carleton.edu/econ/media
Films can stimulate students’ activemental engagement with concepts. To make this happen, faculty should either present essential points and definitions first or 2) ask the students to view the film critically with a specific context in mind or 3) both. Using Feature Films From “Feature Films as a Teaching Tool” by Cheryl Bluestone
Psychology and ? • Designing experimental studies • Double-Blind • Negative Reinforcement or Punishment Ghostbusters
Economics, Mathematics and ? SERC – Starting Point Sitehttp://serc.carleton.edu/econ/media/examples/example2.html Nash Equilibrium A Beautiful Mind
Economics SERC – Starting Point Site http://serc.carleton.edu/econ/media/examples/example1.html Shifts in the Demand Curves Hudsucker Proxy
General Physics SERC – Starting Point Site http://serc.carleton.edu/econ/media/examples/43419.html Cartoons
Optics SERC – Starting Point Site http://serc.carleton.edu/econ/media/examples/43420.html Mirrors, Geometric Optics, Images Physics and Art
A Brief Hybrid Workshop is an activity of approximately 15 minutes intended to help a group of people to learn how to do something useful for them. • It includes: • a Plan – with guidelines for leaders/facilitators and participants • Interaction – activities involving all participants and leader/facilitators • eClip – Internet-accessible media clips • Other Resources – Web accessible information or files, printable handouts, reading assignments, etc. • Follow-up – next steps, feedback options, additional resources for those who wish to go further, deeper Brief Hybrid Workshops
An eClip on Brief Hybrid Workshops http://www.screencast.com/users/MattGordon/folders/Default/media/94efbbb9-fe0d-4c34-ba55-06544e9e57d0 UNC Brief Hybrid Workshops on Teaching Well Online http://www.uncg.edu/tlc/hybrid/
A Interactive Quandary Module developed by Wade Maki, UNC Greensboro http://web.uncg.edu/hhp/half-baked/quandary/Grading%20Images/FGD.htm The Grading Dilemma