Transcript teamwork: teaching what we don`t know

TEAMWORK:
TEACHING WHAT WE
DON’T KNOW
Kathleen Cohen
California State University
[email protected]
THE PRESENTATION IS
DESIGNED TO HELP
INSTRUCTORS WITH:
 LIMITED RESOURCES
 LIMITED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
THE NEW PARADIGM
INCLUDES:
 Learning how to learn
 Exploration
 Problem solving
 Learning to collaborate
THE ART HISTORY AND
MULTIMEDIA COURSE:
 Includes students in Art History, Library,
Design, Education and Multimedia
 Focuses on the use of computers and
networks for researching and presenting
art historical materials
 Emphasizes collaborative learning
RAPIDLY CHANGING
TECHNOLOGIES ARE
CHALLENGING OLD WAYS
OF TEACHING
 THE TEACHER NO LONGER
ALWAYS KNOWS BEST!
FACULTY STUDENT
COLLABORATION
 The teacher need not be an expert
 Students bring their skills to the class
 Teacher selects a general topic and
suggests subtopics
 Students form groups around subtopics
 Together they create a project to go on the
web
 Technology depends on student expertise
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED
TO LEARN TO:
 Find and evaluate materials in books as well as
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in digital form
Use image databases
Edit images using Photoshop
Use copyrighted material appropriately
Evaluate good and bad web design
Understand how their particular skills are used in
a group project
Understand something of the dynamics of
teamwork
ASSIGNMENTS:
 Complete two digital lessons related to
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general topic & do a write-up
Sign onto class listserv
Search campus library for 4 books/articles
Search state-wide library for 4 more
Search a foreign library for 1 more
Find 4 web sources
Write an annotated bibliography
ASSIGNMENTS: continued
 Find the best web site and the worst and
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do a class presentation, using a design
worksheet for evaluation
Edit 20 images in Photoshop and
demonstrate what they did with one
Work with their team to create a module
Keep a log of what they did
Write an evaluation of the course & their
team
LECTURES & VISTORS:
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Copyright law
Librarian on search strategies
Campus network manager on networks
Designer for Yahoo on design issues for the web
Professional on designing for handicapped
European expert on future of networked
multimedia
 Chinese official trying to decide on introduction
of web into Chinese universities
TASKS FOR THE
INSTRUCTOR
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Reduce anxiety level
Select general topic for the semester
Give guidelines for group projects
Organize teams with necessary skills
- make sure each student has a task they can
accomplish
-get students to define what they will do
-suggest modifications to make unified whole
 Give copyright lecture & monitor usage
 Discuss challenges of teamwork & solve clashes
TECHNOLOGY & ART HISTORY
 TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION
 Hypercard & CDs
 HTML and Dreamweaver
 FLASH with Animation & Video
 ART HISTORY
 Worldimage database with 50,000 images
 GRADUATE OR ADVANCED STUDENT
 Helps with technology & design issues
 Gets course credit, no pay
COPYRIGHT-CLEARED
FREE IMAGES
http://worldimages.sjsu.edu
Kathleen Cohen
[email protected]
PROJECTS WE HAVE DONE
http://gallery.sjsu.edu/exhibits
 The Pilgrimage Road (pre-web)
 1001 Buddhas (pre-web)
 Chartres Cathedral
 19th Century Paris
 Ancient Rome
 Asian Gateways
 Mexican-American Protest
 Art Techniques (in process)