Student-Produced research skills video

The Presenter: Sharon Vipend and Richard Friedrichs
HS Librarian & Dept Head, Information Commons - HKIS 

The Gist:

• Library changed name to "Information commons"
• Focus on digital tools on-line books and references
• Students need to take  a class called "Information technology ad Media"
• Found that students not very skilled at research, especially with more traditional media
• http://ourdigitalfuture.pbworks.com wiki used for course
• Students reviewed communication technologies from the past as background. Students created pages researching the different communication technologies
  
• Students were tasked to make a teaching video on research skills, content open.
• 7 teams of students had mixed success
• Students realised there own research skills shortfalls were not up to scratch when researching th eresearch skills video. Wasted time on process.
• Coming out of that, all freshmen now have to attend seminars on research skills. Now front end loaded with explicit instruction of research and technical skills, followed by video production. 
• Before, the take up of these skills was hit-and-miss depending on what teachers the students had had.
• http://www.amazon.com/Still-Cheating-Dont-Get-Caught/dp/159643306X book regarding ethics, good for teaching about plagiarism.

My Thoughts:
Not revolutionary, evolutionary, but if it gets the students creating then it is a good thing in my book