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TEAMWORK: TEACHING WHAT WE DON’T KNOW

TEAMWORK: TEACHING WHAT WE DON’T KNOW. Kathleen Cohen California State University Cohen@email.sjsu.edu. THE PRESENTATION IS DESIGNED TO HELP INSTRUCTORS WITH: . LIMITED RESOURCES LIMITED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. THE NEW PARADIGM INCLUDES:. Learning how to learn Exploration Problem solving

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TEAMWORK: TEACHING WHAT WE DON’T KNOW

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  1. TEAMWORK: TEACHING WHAT WE DON’T KNOW Kathleen Cohen California State University Cohen@email.sjsu.edu

  2. THE PRESENTATION IS DESIGNED TO HELP INSTRUCTORS WITH: • LIMITED RESOURCES • LIMITED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

  3. THE NEW PARADIGM INCLUDES: • Learning how to learn • Exploration • Problem solving • Learning to collaborate

  4. 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

  5. RAPIDLY CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES ARE CHALLENGING OLD WAYS OF TEACHING • THE TEACHER NO LONGER ALWAYS KNOWS BEST!

  6. 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

  7. STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO LEARN TO: • Find and evaluate materials in books as well as 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

  8. ASSIGNMENTS: • Complete two digital lessons related to 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

  9. ASSIGNMENTS: continued • Find the best web site and the worst and 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

  10. LECTURES & VISTORS: • 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

  11. TASKS FOR THE INSTRUCTOR • 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

  12. 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

  13. COPYRIGHT-CLEARED FREE IMAGES http://worldimages.sjsu.edu Kathleen Cohen Cohen@email.sjsu.edu

  14. PROJECTS WE HAVE DONEhttp://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)

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