Author: Steve Spencer, s.spencer@shu.ac.uk

Author: Richard Pountney, r.p.pountney@shu.ac.uk

JISC e-Learning Activity Area: Learning Resources and Activities

Higher Education Academy Subject Centre: Sociology, Anthropology and Politics

This case study illustrates...use of video, an effect on learning, an effect on student personal development, student satisfaction with e-learning, innovation in learning and teaching, an influence on educational research, staff satisfaction with e-learning, staff personal development, a positive effect on recruitment, a positive effect on retention, an effect on social equality

Technology Used

What technologies and/or e-tools were available to you?

Short video cases were produced on diverse issues including: media representations of the Iraq war, homeless Aboriginal people in Darwin, studies of moral panics and multiculturalism. Some professional assistance was sought to obtain higher quality in camera work and sound (while I managed the digital editing). These digital video sequences were placed onto the Helix Server (where hyperlinks to the server are provided on a PowerPoint slide for convenience) and also onto a website hosted by C-SAP which can be accessed at: http://www.teachingrace.bham.ac.uk/resource_overview.htm

These materials were used interactively in lectures and workshops and were available on BlackBoard sites for the module also. In addition a thematic collection of relevant video links in the public domain (YouTube, Google Video Newsfilmonline etc) was developed and used selectively.