Hey Classmates,
Here is my very sketchy, somewhat unorganized storyboard. I am trying so hard to pull some ideas together. This activity is helping, but I am still working towards a creative approach because I know slides of research will not be accepted, not that I am that boring of a person anyway. I had to turn each slide into a JPG and put into moviemaker to show here in the blog. If you want to make additions to it, I have put in on my wikispace at http://mavining.wikispaces.com/Social+Presence. You can see my notes there too. It is a work in progress for sure, any suggestions are much appreciated, but I am going to be working on the video and other imaging for sure. Improvements are to come!!
Here is a little background about social presence so you know the details of my topic:
What is social presence?
The ability to represent yourself as a real person including sharing attitudes, beliefs, values, and ideas in the online environment. This is easy in face to face communication because you can actually view expressions and nonverbal cues. However, text-based environments prohibit the natural ability to show social presence, so in collaboration online, you must work at posting messages that reveal the real you and interpret messages by others in the same way.
Why is social presence an important factor in distance education?
Simply, individuals who lack social presence or who fail to connect with the perceptions of others are dissastified with online learning, increase the attrition rate, and rate instructor's as uneffective. It can also affect cognitive learning by facilitating frustration and isolation.
How do you increase social presence?
Interaction and connectivity through different types of media. Use personal experiences in post and share support with the group to promote deeper understandings of concepts and enhance learning. Collaborative group projects work well in developing social presence.
These are just a few thoughts. I have been reading about it for a while, so I didn't reference my sources because I am reflecting on the knowledge I have acquired thus far. However, the storyboard does include a reference list.
It looks like you have a very good start and have found information and research on the topic. I was wondering if you have some ideas about how your whole presentation is going to be video taped? I am still trying to plan how to do this and I have a few ideas about shooting short clips, editing them, and putting them together. Again, good start on your storyboard.
ReplyDeleteI am really trying to find time to focus on this project. The workload this semester is exhausting. I want to shoot some pics and short video clips of online learners. I really need to extend some time in the near future to really plan this out. Thanks for the encouragement and know that I am thinking about ideas but haven't seemed to tie it all together yet.
ReplyDeleteYou have done a good job on this. Your topic sounds very interesting. I am trying to figure out what kind of video footage to get. Have thought about your video clips?
ReplyDeleteNow a technology question... Is this just a PowerPoint presentation? I was thinking that I would make some slide in Power Point and save them as a jpeg. This way I can upload them into Microsoft Movie Maker. Is this what you did? I wonder if this is even acceptable to Dr. Moller. I will have to ask.
Good job!
Kristen
Kristen,
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what I did for my storyboard. I purchased some software called VideoStudio Pro by Corel for my final project, because of the overlays that was used on the example he gave us. I can't do overlays in MovieMaker, so I figured I better get something. You can get a free trial for 30 days on their site. Here is the link: http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ca/en/Product/1224171780177#versionTabview=tab1&tabview=tab6
You have really done your research on finding studies about your topic! Where have you been conducting your research? Are you primarily using Walden Library to search for articles? I can tell you have put a lot of time and effort into your project so far.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I have seen, once you complete your project, you will fulfill the requirements under Originality in the rubric.