Michael Arnzen tells how he assigned students to work in groups of 4-5 to record independently a 5-8 minute performance ‘inspired by’ assigned readings in his Introduction to Literary Studies class this spring.
I believe we are at a point in college culture now where most students are already facile with such things as converting files to YouTube ready format and editing on a Mac, or finding a camera that will function well enough for the purpose.
His students illustrated the accuracy of his conclusion. Check out their video and audio projects.
Kudos, Michael! Thanks for the useful post for demonstrating a value of what I call Open Learning in an emerging mass market of independent learners.
Arnzen is an award winning horror story specialist and a Seton Hall Associate Professor of English.
YouTube in the Classroom: Video Interpretations of Classic Literature