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New Media: Engaging and Educating
the YouTube Generation
Anu Vedantham, Director, Weigle Information Commons
Marjorie Hassen, Director, Public Services
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Reference Services Symposium
Columbia University
13 March 2009
Weigle Information Commons
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technologically-rich study facilities
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centrally located academic support services
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work spaces that facilitate collaboration
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hardware, software, and technical expertise to support
the use of digital media
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tools to aid faculty with the integration of new
technologies into the classroom
Weigle
Information
Commons
• research
• project management, reading, and study skills
• writing
• speaking and presentation skills
• digital media production
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Excel and data analysis
Aiming for success
Planning your Semester
Video recording and PowerPoint
Reading Strategies
Research in the Social Sciences
Speak with confidence - Controlling nervousness
Framing and structuring an argument
Refworks citation manager: create bibliographies quickly and efficiently
Get to the Point - Effective use of PowerPoint
The editing and revising process
Make a great poster with PowerPoint
Impact
• increased visibility for the library on campus
• magnet for students
• greater participation in SAS initiatives
• influence faculty approach to teaching
• develop beneficial partnerships
• new opportunities for collaboration
Individual Courses Utilizing the Weigle Information Commons
2008-2009 Academic Year
School
Design
GSE
LAW
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Course Number
Fine Arts 238
Education 546
Law 979
Anthropology 231
Anthropology 234
Communications 405
East Asian Languages & Civilizations 302
English 31
Environmental Science 399
Environmental Science 533
French 121
Health and Societies 003
History 204
History 41
Music 27
Science, Technology & Society 061
Visual Studies 395
Writing 16
Writing 25
Writing 30
Writing 41
Writing 67
Writing 125
Writing 125
Course Name
Open Book
Sociology of Linguistics
Visual Legal Advocacy
Anthropology and Cinema
Pharmaceuticals & Global Health
Facing Race
Japan Reality/Fantasy
Renaissance Literature
Junior Research Seminar
Research Methods
Elementary French
Technology and Society
The United States in the 1970s
Church and Challenge
Haydn and Mozart
Text Message
Senior Project
Race and Popular Cinema
Spectators, Voyeurs, Witnesses
Contemporary Art in New York
Contemporary Art in Philadelphia
Music in the City
Broadcast Journalism
Television Critics
Comparing New Media
and Traditional Assignments
New Media Projects
Research Papers
Finding Films / Media
Finding Books and Primary Sources
Choosing Clips
Note cards, quotes, paraphrases
Arranging Timeline
Outlining, Structuring argument
Original Footage, Audio Narration
Original writing, synthesis, persuasion
Credits, Copyright
Bibliography, Citations, Footnotes
Mashing up, remixing, reusing and
repurposing
Cultural allusion, Metaphor, critical
interpretation
Assignment Examples
• Voice-over on single clip
• Mashup from single film
• Mashup of two films - faux trailers
• Remix of many films
• Original video - interviews, walk-throughs
• Director’s commentary
Mashup Contest
Faculty Talking About Video
http://wic.library.upenn.edu/faculty/