Presentation on using screencasts in an animation class

1. Alt Module Presentation
Jaime Pardo
20/03/12

2. •Create Screencasts for BA Animation Students
•Limited time to teach complex software.
•Screencasts can offer additional support.

3. •Blended learning
•Impact on student learning experience
•Independent learners
•Confident and competent users of the software
•Able to problem solve
•Explore the software creatively

4. Strengths:
•Simple to use
•Easy to implement
•Modular
•Scalable
•Promotes self directed learning
•Gives students Control
•Targeted learning
•Creates sense of connection with
teacher
•Distance learning, students with
disabilities and restricted access
to class presentations.
Weaknesses':
•Attendance
•Limited time and resources
•None interactive
•Good screencasts depend on
well planned lessons

5. "...effective use of a new instructional technology must be guided by
a research-based theory of how students learn...one of the most
important avenues of cognitive psychology is to understand how
technology, such as multimedia, can be used to foster student
learning.“
Mayer and Moreno, 1998: 1
•Initial Feedback from Students and colleagues
•Questions?
•References
Alison Carr and Pearl Ly (2009) “More than words”: screencasting as a reference tool, California State
University, San Marcos, California
Mark J.W. Lee ,Sunam Pradhan and Barney Dalgarno (2007) The effectiveness of Screencasts and Cognitive
Tools as Scaffolding for Novice Object- Orientated Programmers, University of Ballarat. Victoria Australia
Richard E. Mayer and Roxana Moreno (1998) A Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning: Implications for
Design Principles, University of California, Santa Barbara