Presentation from the Online Educa Berlin 2012 pre-conference workshop: enhancing participatory culture: how to design international collaboration with social and mobile media?

1. Enhancing Participatory Culture:
How to design international collaboration with
social and mobile media?
Ilona Buchem, Beuth University Berlin, Germany
Helen Keegan, University of Salford, UK
Mar Camacho, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
Online Educa Berlin 2012, Pre-Conference Workshop
Venue: Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin
Address: Luxemburger Strasse 10, House Gauss, Room 501 (5th Floor)
Monday, December 3, 12

2. iCollaborate
Helen Keegan
Salford University
Ilona Buchem
Salford, UK
Beuth University
@heloukee
Berlin, Germany
@mediendidaktik
Mar Camacho
Thom Cochrane
University R&V
AUT University
Tarragona, Spain
Auckland, NZ
@marett
@thomcochrane
http://www.shamelesscarnivore.com http://cdn4.vtourist.com/4/5898700-Buddy_Bears_Berlin.jpg
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3. Twitter stream
Twitter hash tag
#iCollabOEB
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4. Participatory Culture
Henry Jenkins
Source: http://digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C-E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF
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5. Participatory Culture
attributes
• Affiliations: memberships, formal and
informal, in online communities centered Henry Jenkins
around various forms of media.
• Expressions: producing new creative
forms, such as digital sampling, video-
making, mash-ups.
• Collaborations: problem-solving and
working together in teams to complete
tasks and develop new knowledge.
• Circulations: Shaping the flow of media, media creators
such as podcasting, micro-/blogging.
Source: http://digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C-E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF
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6. Participatory Culture
21st century skills
• Play: capacity to experiment with one’s
surroundings as problem-solving. Henry Jenkins
• Simulations: ability to interpret and construct
dynamic models of real world.
• Performance: ability to adopt alternative
identities for improvisation and discovery.
• Appropriation: ability to remix media content.
• Multi-tasking: ability to monitor one’s
environment and shift focus ad hoc
• Collective intelligence: ability to pool
knowledge and work on common goal collaborators
Source: http://digitallearning.macfound.org/atf/cf/%7B7E45C7E0-A3E0-4B89-AC9C-E807E1B0AE4E%7D/JENKINS_WHITE_PAPER.PDF
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7. Agenda
15:15 - 15:45
Educational scenarios for virtual, international collaborations
15:45 - 16:15
Live questions and answers with invited students
16:45 - 17:15
Hands-on activities with selected tools in rapid exercises
17:15 - 17:45
Small group design activities of innovative educational scenarios
17:45 - 18:00
Plenum discussion and open questions
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8. Educational Scenarios
•Scenario 1: “Mobile Reporters” (Ilona Buchem)
•Scenario 2: “Mobile Filmmaking” (Helen Keegan)
•Scenario 3: “Mobile Storytelling” (Mar Camacho)
15:15 - 15:45
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9. S1: Mobile Reporters
• Aim & Outcomes: Field research on how social and mobile
media is used in your city. Multimedia documentation.
• Groups & Context: Students in Berlin (media sociology),
New Zealand (journalism), UK (media studies).
• Tasks & Activities: Define the context and the question of
your field research, collect data in the city (interviews,
photos, videos), publish research results on the web.
• Tech & Media: Mobile devices (cameras, audio recording),
WordPress, Tumblr, Prezi, Qik, YouTube, QR codes,
Twitter, polleverywhere, wall wisher, Mahara (ePortfolio).
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10. Social Media Reports Berlin (Mahara)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ctLpUuLzy4I
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11. Social Media Reports Manchester (Tumblr)
http://mussaicollab12.tumblr.com/
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12. Social Media Reports Auckland (YouTube)
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13. Social Media Reports Auckland (Prezi)
http://prezi.com/uuxxpzrx_43g/the-localist/
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14. Live streaming from courses (qik)
http://qik.com/video/51100343
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15. Just watching ...
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16. Cross-boundary sharing (Twitter)
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17. Peer Voting
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18. Peer feedback: wall wisher
http://wallwisher.com/wall/icollab12
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19. #iCollab12 project blog (WordPress)
http://icollab12.wordpress.com/
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20. S2: Mobile Filmmaking
• Aim & Outcomes: Develop skills in mobile phone
filmmaking and collaboration/negotiation of creative
process over time and space
• Groups & Context: Students in UK (Audio Production),
New Zealand (Cinematic Arts), France (Animation)
• Tasks & Activities: Crowdsourced split screen film: “24
Frames 24 Hours”; International teams collaborated to
produce films on topic of sustainability: “Global In Mobile
Out”
• Tech & Media: Smartphones, Google docs and hangouts,
Wordpress, Twitter, YouTube
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21. S2: The first MASS HANGOUT!
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22. S2: 24 Frames 24 Hours - instructions
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23. S2: 24 Frames 24 Hours - Facebook
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24. S2: 24 Frames 24 Hours - Vimeo
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25. S2: 24 Frames 24 Hours - main site
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26. S2: Mobile Filmmaking
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27. S2: Student-Tutor hangouts
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28. S2: ELVSS Reflections
• Speculate on the role
internationally-collaborative
mobile movie-making might
play in effecting cultural
change
• Reflect on your experiences
with both your Local Team
and your Global Team, and
evaluate your individual
contributions to each of them
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29. S3: Mobile Storytelling
• Aim & Outcomes: Research on how mobile technologies
account for storytelling.
• Groups & Context: Students in Tarragona (education),
New Zealand (journalism)
• Tasks & Activities: Design a story (storyboard), create it
with the use of apps or other web-based tools including
multimedia (audio, photos, videos), publish stories in blogs
& Twitter
• Tech & Media: Smartphones, educational apps for
storytelling, WordPress, QRs, Twitter ...
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30. mobile storytelling: the process
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31. data gathering
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32. story creation
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33. story sharing
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35. Q&A with students
•Scenario 1 “Student reporters” / Beuth University Berlin
• Sascha Feldmann
• Marco Seidler
• Andreas Oettinger
•Scenario 2 “Mobile Filmmaking” / Salford University
• Jason Wright (G+ Hangout)
•Scenario 3 “Mobile Storytelling” / University Tarragona
• Maria Zapata & Pilar Alonso (G+ Hangout)
15:45 - 16:15
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36. Coffee break!
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37. 16:45 - 17:15
Hands-on activities
• Activity 1: Video streaming & recording on mobile devices
• Aim: Live stream your impressions of Berlin/OEB12
• Tool: Qik App: http://qik.com/
• Activity 2: Generating and decoding QR codes
• Aim: Creating a QR code with the link to the recording
• Tool: Splash URL: http://splashurl.net/
• Activity 3: Content curation and sharing
• Aim: Create a note in Evernote & share on Twitter
• Tool 1: GoogleDoc: http://bit.ly/icollab
• Tool 2: Twitter: http://twitter.com & #iCollabOEB
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38. QIK
username: icollaboeb
password: icollaboeb123
or Download Qik on your mobile
phone by going to http://d.qik.com
from your mobile browser.
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39. Design activities
Work in groups of about 10 participants
Use these points to design activities:
•Aim & Outcomes:
•Groups & Context:
•Tasks & Activities:
•Tech & Media:
17:15 - 17:40
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40. Presentation & conclusions
Each group presents their idea for a scenario
Time per team: 5 minutes
Finish with a short conclusion about the workshop
17:40 - 18:00
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41. Thank you!
Ilona Buchem @mediendidaktik
Helen Keegan @heloukee
Mar Camacho @marett
17:40 - 18:00
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