Course Schedule 2019

Spring 2019

Course Schedule

Students should use the Pathwright for Digital Authorship to see a detailed description of class participation activities

This syllabus is subject to change with fair notice

1. JANUARY 23: Introduction to the Course

First Meeting: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 7 pm EST

Online: https://zoom.us/j/9782019799

2. FEBRUARY 1: What is Digital Authorship?

What key ideas are embedded in the concept of digital authorship?

Hobbs (2017), Create to Learn, Chapters 1 – 3 (pp. 1 – 44), Chapter 7 (pp. 103 – 121)

Velagic, Z. & Hasenay, D. (2013). Understanding textual authorship in the digital environment: Lessons from historical perspectives. Information Research 18(3), 1 – 10.

Bayne, S. (2006). Temptation, trash and trust: the authorship and authority of digital texts. E-Learning and Digital Media, 3(1), 16-26.

Levine, S., & Franzel, J. (2015). Teaching writing with radio. The English Journal, 104(5), 21-29.Download

Bruce, D. (2011). Framing the text: Using storyboards to engage students with reading. The English Journal, 100(6), 78-85. Download

Terras, M. M., Ramsay, J., & Boyle, E. A. (2015). Digital media production and identity: Insights from a psychological perspective. E-Learning and Digital Media, 12(2), 128-146.

3. FEBRUARY 8: The Critical and the Creative

What is the relationship between readers and writers in a digital age

Hobbs (2017) Create to Learn, Chapters 4 and 5 (pp. 45 – 86), Chapter 8 (pp. 123 – 137)

Festa, K. (2017). The book trailer project: Media production within an integrated classroom. Journal of Media Literacy Education 9(2), 105 – 113.

Snelson, C. (2018) Video production in content-area pedagogy: a scoping study of the research literature. Learning, Media and Technology, 43(3), 294-306 Download

Buckingham, David (2003). Chapter 3. Media Literacies. Media education: Literacy, learning and contemporary culture. London: Polity Press.

Doerr-Stevens, C. (2015). “That’s not something I was, I am, or am ever going to be:” Multimodal self-assertion in digital video production. E-Learning and Digital Media, 12(2), 164-182.

Casinghino, C (2015). The role of collaboration and feedback in advancing student learning in media literacy and video production. Journal of Media Literacy Education 7(2), 69 – 76.

4. FEBRUARY 15: Digital Storytelling

How does creating a digital narrative affect the learner?

Hobbs (2017) Create to Learn, Chapter 6 (pp. 87 – 101), Chapter 10 (pp. 155 – 169), Chapter 12-13 (pp. 205 –220)

Kearney, M (2011). A learning design for student‐generated digital storytelling. Learning, Media and Technology, 36:2, 169-188.Download

Stornaiuolo, ,A. & Thomas, E. (2018) Restorying as political action: authoring resistance through youth media arts. Learning, Media and Technology, 43(4), 345-358.Download

American Library Association (2014). Storycorps at Your Library. Programming Librarian.

5. FEBRUARY 22: Challenges of Implementation

What are the challenges of implementing digital production activities in and out of school?

Hobbs (2017), Create to Learn Chapter 9 (pp. 139 – 153)

Smythe, S., Toohey, K., & Dagenais, D. (2016). Video making, production pedagogies, and educational policy. Educational Policy, 30(5), 740-770.Download

Buckingham, D. (2018). The challenge of youth media. Blog.

Drotner, K. (2011). The cult of creativity: Opposition, incorporation, transformation. In J. Sefton-Green, P. Thompson, K. Jones & L. Bresler (Eds), The Routledge international handbook of creative learning (pp. 96-104). Routledge.Download

6. MARCH 1: Identity in a Digital Age

How does authorship construct personal, social and political identity?

Buckingham. David (2007) D. Introducing Identity. In D. Buckingham (Ed.). Youth, identity, and digital media (pp. 1 -24). The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.Download

Haley, K. (2018). Lauren S. Berliner: Producing queer youth: The paradox of digital media empowerment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence 47, 2496 – 2498.Download

Valdivia, A. (2017) What was out of the frame? A dialogic look at youth media production in a cultural diversity and educational context in Chile. Learning, Media and Technology, 42:1, 112-125.Download

Dusenberry, L. Hutter, L., & Robinson, J. (2015). Filter. Remix. Make.: Cultivating adaptability through multimodality. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 45(3), 299-322.Download

7.MARCH 8: The Ethics of Representation

What are the author’s social responsibilities in the practice of representation?

Lange, P. (2014). Chapter 6. Representational ideologies. Kids on YouTube: Technical identities and digital literaces (pp. 157 – 188). Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.Download

Parker, J. K. (2013). Critical literacy and the ethical responsibilities of student media production. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 56: 668–676.Download

Hobbs (2017) Create to Learn, Chapter 11 (pp. 187 – 203

SPRING BREAK March 10 – 1

8. MARCH 22: Transformative Use

How do digital authors develop respect for copyright and intellectual property

Hobbs, R. (2011) Copyright clarity: How fair use supports digital learning. Thousand Oaks: Corwin/Sage.

Dubisar, A. & Palmeri, J. (2010). Palin/Pathos/Peter Griffin: Political video remix and composition pedagogy. Computers and Composition, 27(2), 77-93.Download

9. MARCH 29: Remix Practices in Education:

How do learners use copyrighted works for learning?

Fasimpaur, K. (2015). Open Educational Resources: Share, Remix, Learn. http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/117659

Hackey, Sean (2015, July 22). Effective teaching remix: Answering the call for digital literacy. Hybrid Pedagogy.

Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta, and Ioana Literat. “Distributed Creativity as Political Expression: Youth Responses to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election in Online Affinity Networks.” Journal of Communication 68.1 (2018): 75-97. Web.Download

Moore, D. C., & Landis, J. (2018). “I got it from Google”: Recontextualizing authorship to strengthen fair use reasoning in the elementary grades. In Hobbs, Ed. The Routledge companion to media education, copyright, and fair use (pp. 258-273). New York: Routledge.Download

10. APRIL 5: Creative Collaborations in Context

How do educational, institutional and social structures shape expression and learning?

Halverson, E. R., Lowenhaupt, R., Gibbons, D., & Bass, M. (2009). Conceptualizing identity in youth media arts organizations: A comparative case study. E-Learning and Digital Media, 6(1), 23-42.

Blum-Ross, A. (2017) Voice, empowerment and youth-produced films about ‘gangs.’ Learning, Media and Technology, 42:1, 54-73.Download

Belanger, J. (2016). Review of: A Pedagogy of Powerful Communication: Youth Radio and Radio Arts in the Multilingual Classroom. Journal of Media Literacy Education 7(3), 96 – 99.

11. APRIL 12: Your Create to Learn Journey

How can “create to learn” pedagogies be applied to the context of your work and life?

12. APRIL 19: Planning & Developing

What strategic creative and communication processes will you use in your project?

13. APRIL 26: Creating and Revising

How do “critical friends” help to advance the quality of your creative work?

14. MAY 3: Time for Reflection

What have you learned about yourself as a learner and creative individual?

FINAL PROJECT: Due Friday, May 10