Dialogue in the Media Café.

On October 8th, the media development team ran their first Media Café.

We asked all instructors in the department to join us for a cup of refreshing coffee and give us their feedback on how to effectively incorporate instructional media in curriculum. We had a great turnout-Thank you to all who contributed to this stimulating dialogue!

 The feedback was very exciting, as we saw a huge demand for media, including images, graphics, PPTs, and instructional videos,  to be incorporated in courses, labs, assignments, and exams.  Some of you came to meet the Media team for the first time and to ask about our work; others had media requests for specific courses.  We also had instructors who came to us with great suggestions to share their knowledge in specific technology/ software with the fellow instructors. Thank you for collaborative spirit!

                                       

We will be creating a media repository that will hold all curated, created, and modified media for the faculty use. There were also a couple of workshop ideas that were generated, such as “What is an effective graphic?”, “How to modify images”, etc. It seems that our instructors are looking forward to evolving their skills as media developers, and we as a media team will be supporting and guiding you through that process.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas with us. We will take what you told us and see how we can best support you as instructors. If you have any other ideas you didn’t have a chance to express, please send us an e-mail: bvcmedia2013@gmail.com