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Using student generated video to link theory and practice on the ‘Levensbeschouwing’ minor

The research examined the ways in which Student Generated Video supported the learning process on the course ‘Levensbeschouwing’ (Life Philosophy) on the third year on the teacher training course at Inholland in Amsterdam. The central question examined was: In which ways does the student generated video on the Inholland course ‘Life Philosophy’ contribute to students gaining insight, developing deeper knowledge, and achieving the course learning goals? The 30 students on the course participated in the research. During the course, they were involved in creating three video interviews per project group that examined the question of life philosophy from the perspective of personal life, life philosophy traditions and school life. Video production was segmented into four phases; pre-production, production, post-production and reflection. At each phase, students answered short open questions online, and on the final day completed a survey. A group of seven students participated in a group interview on the final day.

Facilitating language teaching in a hybrid classroom over three locations via streaming video on a first year bachelor course

On a four-year bachelor course at Inholland University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, additional modern language was offered to first-year students studying at three locations. Since each location only had a few students and there was only one language teacher available, across the three locations, lessons were given by the teacher in a ‘hybrid’ classrooms. The teacher was at one location with some students while students from the other two locations would join via live video link. The focus was to develop speaking and listening skills through in-classroom discussion that took place via the video link. Short video news segments in the language were watched live in class. This lead to discussion and practicing the language. Learning support materials were available in the form of a grammar book with an online self-test learning environment. The research group conducted research on this original and creative solution to teaching smaller groups since much could be learned from a practical, didactic and organisational perspective. Several organisational issues influenced the course. And from a pedagogical perspective, this case supported findings from the literature that it is complicated to engage with students live in a classroom while also communicating with students at other locations via a video screen.

Telling the Bigger Video Story

Natalie Bookchin’s work is synonymous with the Video Vortex network and the rise of YouTube. Whereas we got to know each other’s work in the turbulent net.art late nineties years, this particular story started with a DVD I got from Natalie, containing The Trip (2008), a video collection of early YouTube fragments, which Natalie reassembled into an imaginary travel around the globe, shot during car trips on all continents. What has always defined Natalie Bookchin’s work is her ability to recreate unity out of dispersed fragments. We, as users, may feel lost and desperate, but the artist gives us hope again that we can overcome distraction and senseless multi-tasking by creating an all-together new meta narrative that is human—again. This is database cinema as you always imagined it, overcoming the isolation of the individualized voice-as-image while paying respect to the unique status that each of us has.

Online interaction in the task-based foreign language classroom: Effects on target language use and learner affect

Interaction in the target language (TL) is essential to foreign language development (Swain, 1985, Long, 1981). Meaningful tasks are thought to evoke interaction between learners (e.g. Pica, Kanagy & Falodun, 2009). However, even in a task-based curriculum for German, Dutch secondary school learners barely used the TL during task preparations (Author, 2018). Interviews (ibid.) revealed that these learners were embarrassed to use the TL in a face-to-face setting. Therefore, we investigated whether learners’ use of the TL can be increased by using online interaction tools, which tend to decrease learner anxiety and promote willingness to communicate (WTC). In an experimental study involving German (9th grade) as a foreign language, we compare the effects of audio-, video-, and text-chat interaction on the quantity and quality of learners’ TL use during online task interaction and subsequent oral F2F task performance. Students were randomly assigned to three preparation conditions: audio-, video, and text-chat. The experiment was spread over a period of six weeks: Week 1: pre-tests (vocabulary size; experience with digital tools; ratings of WTC, self-confidence, enjoyment; intro/extraversion).Week 2-5: learners performance of four 20’ online tasks in pairs. Week 6: Post-tests (paired oral F2F task; productive vocabulary test; ratings of WTC, self-confidence, enjoyment). Learner output was analysed for both quantitative as qualitative production measures. F2F oral tasks established whether gains obtained during online interaction transfer to F2F interaction. Questionnaires were used to establish whether there are significant differences between the three modes of communication on learners’ ratings of self-confidence in, enjoyment of and willingness to express themselves in the TL, and whether these ratings vary for introverted and extraverted learners. During the session, preliminary results from this study were presented

Digital tasks in the foreign language classroom

Quickscan

Desinformatie in dynamische mediaomgevingen hebben unieke kenmerken, zijn onderonderzocht en ondergereguleerd.Deze quickscan is onderdeel van een breder onderzoek naar desinformatie en focust op de wisselwerking tussen dynamische – veelal veranderlijke - content en desinformatie. Het onderzoek komt voort uit de vraag of in nieuwe mediaomgevingen andere vormen van desinformatie ontstaan- qua productie, verspreiding en consumptie -dan in traditionelere, statische media.We richten ons op vier mediaomgevingen: podcasts, TikTok en Instagram Stories, livestreams, en games of gameomgevingen. Deze zijn gekozen vanwege hun groeiende populariteit en de beperkte kennis over hoe desinformatie hierin functioneert.Recent onderzoek laat zien dat Nederlanders diverse mediakanalen gebruiken voor nieuws, met onder jongeren een verschuiving naar sociale media, zoekmachines en podcasts. Ook groeit de populariteit van podcasts en games.In de verkenning vinden we genoeg basis om aan te nemen dat misleidende en propagandistische content wordt verspreid via deze mediaomgevingen. Ieder medium heeft eigen kenmerken die kunnen worden benut om dergelijke content effectief over te brengen en te verspreiden. Bijvoorbeeld: TikTok nodigt uit tot korte video's met muziek, niet tot uitgebreide tekst met nuances en bronvermeldingen.Platforms verschillen ook in hoe content wordt gedeeld: alleen aan vrienden/volgers of openbaar; live of terugkijken; tijdelijk of permanent. Deze kenmerken worden bepaald door platformontwerp en gebruikersculturen met eigen trends en hypes.