Streaming Theatre in a Virtual Classroom Stevens, Childs, Lint and Eversmann Jan 2006 - April 2007 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/

Stevens, Childs, Lint and Eversmann

Jan 2006 - April 2007

Situation Develop modules on inter-cultural aspects of performance, and link students from both courses together. Develop a series of videoconference sessions and online tasks that effectively achieve the aims Develop the pictorial essay (linking images and video) as a form of assessment undergraduate module - Cross-Cultural Performance Analysis – delivered entirely through web-based videoconferencing and web 2.0 technologies

Develop modules on inter-cultural aspects of performance, and link students from both courses together.

Develop a series of videoconference sessions and online tasks that effectively achieve the aims

Develop the pictorial essay (linking images and video) as a form of assessment

undergraduate module - Cross-Cultural Performance Analysis – delivered entirely through web-based videoconferencing and web 2.0 technologies

Participants 7 Undergraduates from Theaterwetenschap, Universiteit van Amsterdam and 7 from School of Theatre and Performance Warwick Amsterdam: Dr. Peter Eversmann and Dr. Erik Lint at the Universiteit van Amsterdam had experience of Breeze, Online editing Warwick: Mark Childs, Jonathan Stevens, Tim White had experience of web 2.0 –based collaborative learning, teaching via videoconferencing, learning object repositories.

7 Undergraduates from Theaterwetenschap, Universiteit van Amsterdam and 7 from School of Theatre and Performance Warwick

Amsterdam: Dr. Peter Eversmann and Dr. Erik Lint at the Universiteit van Amsterdam had experience of Breeze, Online editing

Warwick: Mark Childs, Jonathan Stevens, Tim White had experience of web 2.0 –based collaborative learning, teaching via videoconferencing, learning object repositories.

Technological setup Develop, integrate and evaluate: Format, encoding and metadata of video files Upload mechanism for video files The digitale snijmachine (cutting machine) Student collaboration platform (inc blog) Videoconferencing platform Integrated through course website

Develop, integrate and evaluate:

Format, encoding and metadata of video files

Upload mechanism for video files

The digitale snijmachine (cutting machine)

Student collaboration platform (inc blog)

Videoconferencing platform

Integrated through course website

Task Identify effective techniques for telematic teaching Create assessment tasks and criteria that employ use of video materials (the pictorial essay) Identify effective online techniques for student collaboration Provide students with exposure to technology, but make cultural exchange the focus of the interaction, not the technology.

Identify effective techniques for telematic teaching

Create assessment tasks and criteria that employ use of video materials (the pictorial essay)

Identify effective online techniques for student collaboration

Provide students with exposure to technology, but make cultural exchange the focus of the interaction, not the technology.

Actions These technologies were applies in parallel: Blogs Forums Digital snijmachine Macromedia Breeze And integrated through a common website

These technologies were applies in parallel:

Blogs

Forums

Digital snijmachine

Macromedia Breeze

And integrated through a common website

The ‘telematic environment’

Integrating different media beneficial Discussion worked better than presentation Integrating schedules and assessment criteria most difficult element Copyright clearance most difficult element Various problems with Breeze Results Social Presence Participant A Social Presence Participant B Copresence Participants A and B

Integrating different media beneficial

Discussion worked better than presentation

Integrating schedules and assessment criteria most difficult element

Copyright clearance most difficult element

Various problems with Breeze

Obervations Set clear tasks for blog/forum/etc Schedule time for online collaboration outside of formal sessions Have offline debriefing Start with more ice-breaking sessions Provide time at start of module for sharing cultures Pair up students earlier?? Let them use the tool they want Observe, moderate and evaluate constantly

Set clear tasks for blog/forum/etc

Schedule time for online collaboration outside of formal sessions

Have offline debriefing

Start with more ice-breaking sessions

Provide time at start of module for sharing cultures

Pair up students earlier??

Let them use the tool they want

Observe, moderate and evaluate constantly