eprintid: 1347252
rev_number: 43
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/01/34/72/52
datestamp: 2012-05-14 13:23:11
lastmod: 2020-02-12 23:26:43
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creators_name: Benedyk, R
creators_name: Furniss, DJ
title: Using Digital Stories to enhance course induction for HCI students
ispublished: unpub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B02
divisions: C07
divisions: D05
divisions: F70
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F48
keywords: Digital stories, HCI teaching., Course induction, Group working, Public engagement
abstract: In this paper we describe a successful pedagogic case study: MSc HCI students were introduced to ‘digital stories’, in a three-day group-work activity that worked really well for bringing these multidisciplinary students together in their first week at UCL. A digital story at a basic level is a series of still photographs with narration over the top that tells a story with impact. It provides an original method of communication that is creative, fun, and engaging, with the potential for reaching a large and broad audience very quickly. However, the challenge of creating a good, coherent, engaging and meaningful digital story should not be underestimated. In utilising digital story-making as a teaching tool, it is important to manage expectations, keep the costs and resources low, and identify attainable learning objectives such as key skills. Our use of the digital story technique in induction week taught students communication skills, team working skills, peer appraisal, and elements of public engagement, as well as helping cohere the class, and their views on HCI, at the start of the MSc HCI course.
date: 2011-07-08
official_url: http://www.hcied.org/programme.htm
vfaculties: VFBRS
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: Manually entered
elements_id: 408362
lyricists_name: Benedyk, Rachel
lyricists_name: Furniss, Dominic
lyricists_id: RRBEN82
lyricists_id: DJFUR55
full_text_status: public
pres_type: presentation
event_title: British HCI 2011: Health, Wealth and Happiness: HCI Educators Workshop
event_location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
event_dates: 2011-07-04 - 2011-07-08
citation:        Benedyk, R;    Furniss, DJ;      (2011)    Using Digital Stories to enhance course induction for HCI students.                   Presented at: British HCI 2011: Health, Wealth and Happiness: HCI Educators Workshop, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1347252/1/2011_RBDF_hcied2011_BHCI.pdf