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Streaming Theatre in a Virtual
Classroom
Stevens, Childs, Lint and Eversmann
Jan 2006 - April 2007
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Actions
These technologies were applies in parallel: Blogs Forums Digital snijmachine Macromedia Breeze
And integrated through a common website
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The ‘telematic environment’
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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 PresenceParticipant
A
Social PresenceParticipant
B
CopresenceParticipants
A and B
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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