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Introduction to Theatre Directing

Introduction to Theatre Directing. Using Blackboard Journals Rob Marsden and Christine Harrison. Rob needed to find a way to share the student’s independent rehearsal room processes with him. 2013. Students used to submit all their written journals at the end of the module

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Introduction to Theatre Directing

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  1. Introduction to Theatre Directing Using Blackboard Journals Rob Marsden and Christine Harrison

  2. Rob needed to find a way to share the student’s independentrehearsal room processes with him.

  3. 2013 • Students used to submit all their written journals at the end of the module • One set of summative feedback. • More 3rds and 2.2s

  4. What we did? • Created a Journal in the Blackboard Module called Introduction to Theatre Directing • Structured the Journal • Introduced the tool to the students in a workshop

  5. An extract from a student Journal entry I started the session with a vocal and physical warm up. The vocal warm up included a vowel pronunciation exercise and the physical included a ‘lying on the beach’ relaxation exercise. This rehearsal was different compared to others because in this session I faced some challenges as a director. Two out of my four cast members didn’t attend therefore I had to adapt my rehearsal accordingly. The adaptations meant the session was more of a static learning experience where we explored the text using ‘Actions’.

  6. Feedback Robert Marsden said…New Wednesday, 25 February 2015 08:57:16 o'clock GMT
This is a clear and objective account highlighting problems using a professional approach.You adapted well. Sadly, this can happen professionally as well as within a student environment. If you can 'adapt' and still 'offer something useful' then you are fulfilling your role as a director and still being able to keep a positive approach in the rehearsal room for the actors that are present and that is important.

  7. 2014 • Change in assessment and feedback • Allowed meaningful feedback week to week – which fed forward into their practical work in the rehearsal room • Improved students academic writing skills through the online journals. • Safe place in which to practice skills

  8. Findings • Students academic writing improved over the space of 10 weeks • Grades for the writing side of this module improved • marked improvement in 2.1’s • Students loved the blogs and embraced them • Students valued the feedback on their work, which they took into their next independent learning session • Students feedback indicates that they would like to use Vblogs too.

  9. 2015 Continued with the Blackboard Journal and same assessment and feedback Initial findings are positive Back by demand from L4 students in 2014 in their L6 module.

  10. References An evaluation of the Use of Author-Lecturers’ Publications and their Publishers’ Web-Based Materials as a Teaching and Learning Resource:- http://blogs.staffs.ac.uk/euap/ Salmon, G, five-stage model:- http://www.gillysalmon.com/five-stage-model.html Walmsley, H, Best Practice Models http://bestpracticemodels.wiki.staffs.ac.uk

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