using media to enhance teaching
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Using Media to Enhance Teaching
Channing R. Ford, MPA, MA
Associate Director, UAB GEC
Program Director, UAB GEC FSP
Objectives
• Recognize new strategies for educating future healthcare professionals
• Apply innovative teaching strategies into their curriculum
• Implement useful media applications into teaching curriculum
• Differentiate between effective and ineffective teaching resources
Older adults are the largest growing population of online users-50% of older adults are online-Of that 50%, 30% of them use the Internet for health information-1 in 3 older adults use social networking tools
Older Adults Are Also Online
Millennial Learners: The 5 R’s•Research: prefer a variety of active learning methods (less lecture, multimedia, collaboration)•Relevance: connect content to current culture and make learning outcomes/activities relevant•Rationale: must provide an rational explanation for specific policies, assignments, etc•Relaxed: less formal learning environment•Relational: must connect with them on a personal level
Reaching Millennial Learners
Bart M. The Five R’s of Engaging Millennial Students. Faculty Focus Higher Ed Teaching Strategies. 2011 Nov 16. Accessed from: http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/the-five-rs-of-engaging-millennial-students/.
Utilize creative teaching resources!
How can I reach Millennial Learners?
Media is a channel or system of communication, information or entertainment.
Reflects: •Cultures Attitudes•Beliefs•Standards
Projects desired realities
Media as a Resource
Bazzini, DG, et al. (1997). The Aging Women in Popular Film: Underrepresented, Unattractive, Unfriendly, and Unintelligent. Sex Roles, 36(7/8), 531-543.
• Video• YouTube• Facebook• Twitter• Advertisements• Pinterest
Examples of Media
Directed & written by: Javier Recio GraciaOscar Nominated Film 2010
http://vimeo.com/9985840
Video: Lady and the Reaper
Questions:- What did you take away from this film?- What creative techniques were used to get
and keep your attention?- What values, lifestyles, points of view were
represented? What was omitted?- What did you feel was the overall message
being sent?
Lady and the Reaper Exercise
Everybody Loves Raymond (TV 1996-2005)
Hope Springs (2012)
Hot in Cleveland (TV 2010-)
RED (2010)
Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
Space Cowboys (2000)
The Notebook (2004)
Movies & TV Shows with Older Adult Characters
Gender Bias in Media Portrayals of Age
Recall the most recent movie you saw. Estimate the age and sex of the two or three major characters.
Male Female
0-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70+
Discussion Exercises
Discussion Questions1.Which current shows feature older adults?2.Which of those characters would you regard as positive portrayals, and which are negative? 3.Are the older adult characters leads or peripheral?4.Do members of your family watch movies or shows featuring different aged characters?
Harwood J. Understanding Communication and Aging. Sage Publications Limited. 2007.
Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ya0-OZ58s
Teaching Methods:•Have students search for documentaries, interviews, etc and compare them to the literature available•Record your lessons and post
YouTube
Create a page for your classCan share videos, photos, links to articlesProvide updatesStart conversations
• Update your students about upcoming events
• Send reminders• Create a hashtag (#uabgecfsp) for your
course for trending
Execise Examples: 1.Compare and contrast advertisements.
2.What message does the image send about aging?
3.What is the visual image of the older adult?
4.Facial expressions, dress
5.How does this message affect you?
Advertisements
Harwood J. Understanding Communication and Aging. Sage Publications Limited. 2007.
6. How is the relationship portrayed?
7. What effect does the image have?
8. How does this image make you think about aging?
Advertisements Continued…
Harwood J. Understanding Communication and Aging. Sage Publications Limited. 2007.
Commercial Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-WVgQA1bQ
Advertisements Continued…
Have students create their own board
- Share with Facebook, Twitter, etc
“Immersed in a world surrounded by the media, people in our society absorb impressions, ideas, images, and sounds that reflect society’s attitudes towards aging. Also, the media reflect dominant values in a society: Whether, and how, older people are portrayed represents one measure of how ageism and sexism are embedded in the social fabric”.
– Laurie Hatch, Gerontologist
K. Vickers. “Aging and the Media: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”. Californian Journal of Health Promotion. 2007: 5(3); 100-105.
Media has an early impact on future behaviors•Attitudes are a result of learned social response as a result of a person/child’s culture and experiences•Fear of aging begins as a child due to preconceived notions•Hold significant levels of prejudice when working with older adults
– Higher levels of prejudice towards older women than men
Downside of Teaching with Media
Robinson, T. et al. (2007) The portrayal of older characters in Disney animated films. Journal of Aging Studies. 21; 203-213.
• There are potential Negative Outcomes of using media to teach future healthcare providers
• Older Adults typically depicted as having lower: – Competence– Activity– Intelligence– Attractiveness– Health
Vigilance is Essential
1. Media Messages are constructed2. Media Messages are created using a creative
language with its own rules3. Different people experience the same media
message differently4. Media have embedded values and points of
view5. Most media messages are organized to gain
profit and/or power
Things to Remember
J. Share, T. Jolls, & E. Thoman. Five Key Questions that can Change the World: Deconstruction. http://www.medialit.org/pdf/mlk/14A_CCKQposter.pdf
Questions?
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