Bridging the Disconnect
Video Transitions in Basic / Developmental Writing
- two-course sequence to help students prepare for first-year composition
- credits do not transfer (often labeled as remedial courses)
- populated by underrepresented groups
Four Key Takeaways
- When we give students the opportunity to learn new media authoring skills, we quite literally expand their capacities for expression.
- When we invite students to work in and across different forms of mediation, we create opportunities for them to access ideas in new ways.
- When working in new media students can find a voice or have meaningful success in ways outside the traditional modes of academic discourse.
- When creating digital things, students actively want to share their work.
Accessing ideas in new ways
Mia Freeman's "History of Vaccines" Digital Monument
created using Minecraft EDU & Adobe CC Express Webpage
Expanding capacities of Expression
Andrew William's "Picture Perfect" - A Remix Video
This video was a remix of Kat Napiorkowska's "Living with Depression"
(re)created using Adobe Premiere Pro
Digital Gardener Initiative
The Digital Gardener Initiative is a faculty-driven, university-wide digital literacy, digital creativity, and digital learning initiative launched with support from the University Information Technology Services, Division of Learning Technologies. The initiative is designed to cultivate digital ways of knowing, doing, and making across the curriculum. It includes faculty, student, and K-12 outreach efforts, all committed to improving digital competencies and technological fluencies across IU as well as making an impact state-wide.
Faculty Fellows Expectations
- attend 5 of 6 scheduled engagements
- produce at least one curriculum asset
- create a professional development statement (or portfolio)
- work collaboratively on at least one group project
Samples / Examples
"Talking Fake News Fighting Blues" by Digital Gardener KT Lowe
DGFF Impact
Credits:
Created with images by Looker_Studio - "The hand of a man with a light bulb And there is a gear icon in it And he is using a notebook computer. The idea of inspiration from online technology.innovation idea concept." • mrmohock - "Businesswoman hand working digital marketing media in virtual screen with mobile phone and modern compute with VR icon diagram at office in morning light " • SVETLANA - "Minecraft cubes made of plastic. Two brown minecraft cubes with glowing Windows" • DC Studio - "African video editor working with footage and sound, editing new project cutting film montage sitting in modern agency office. Woman using computer processing movie in post production software"