Educational Uses Of Digital Media Discussed
19 June 2012
A scene from University film The Magistrates Court, which was shown at the MELSIG event.
The range of ways in which digital media can be used to enhance higher education teaching and learning were discussed at a special meeting at the University.
Experts representing the Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MELSIG) - an independent body set-up in 2008 to bring together digital media practitioners from across the UK (see website www.melsig.com) - were invited to Derby by the University's Learning Enhancement and Innovation department.
The presentations and sessions at the meeting included:
- Claire Scott, a Bachelor of Education degree (Bed) stage tutor, on the use of video materials to support students' academic writing skill
- Fiona Shelton, Assistant Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Educations Studies, and five of her students discussing lecture capturing technology's use to produce presentations for summary assessment purposes
- Natasa Lackovic and Maddy Hallewell, researchers from the University of Nottingham's Learning Science Research Institute (LSRI), on their respective studies into the impact of image-based approaches to representing learning
- Glenn McGarry, TLA Developer in LEI, on podcasting
- Andrew Middleton, of Sheffield Hallam University, and the MELSIG steering committee, spoke on media-enhanced employability.
During this session a number of related videos were screened including Derby's The Magistrates Court, which was shortlisted in the 'Education In-House Production Award' category of this year's British Universities Video and Film Council's Awards.
Dr John Butcher, Head of Academic Practice and Learning Innovation in LEI, hosted the April 20 event.
He said: "We've had overwhelmingly positive feedback from the day and would hope to repeat it at some point.
"Our visitors said how welcome they'd been made to feel at Derby, and how particularly inspiring the facilities in the Kirtley Building and in the B226 classroom had been. Many delegates have indicated their intention to engage with technology in similar ways to those discussed and demonstrated during the day."
