Digital Media in Education

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Learning while making videos

That’s it:

“At first, I really didn’t like making videos for physics,” she said. “But after a while I realized that by making videos, I started learning physics. At first I was tempted to wait until I understood the idea to make a video, but this was a mistake. The videos aren’t just for assessment, they are for learning.”

Wired Online Article

Now imagine what an interactive video could do!

Storytelling in VR: Ambiguity and Implication in 1st Person Narratives

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.roadtovr.com

Oh my! If there are “narrative designers” shouldn’t there be a narrative design course? I like the idea! Teaching how to build ambiguity in the characters definition allowing more freedom and agency to the gamer.

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Educação – Portugal testa salas de aula do futuro – Portugal – DN

Setúbal já tem um espaço a funcionar há um ano e meio e serve de modelo a 24 salas em preparação. Esta é uma aposta do governo

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.dn.pt

Great initiative! Learning environments adapted to the digital reality! Student centered pedagogy is not a new idea but this seem a good way to do it!

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How the Brain Reacts to Scrambled Stories

Research shows that people tend to prefer linear narratives, but can also be engaged by just the right amount of disruption.

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.theatlantic.com

if non-linear effort is required atencion may rise

if emotional involvement rises memoryincreases.

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Conferência na UNIRIO

Mais uma apresentação no Rio de Janeiro e mais uma oportunidade para conhecer mais investigadores interessados no tema das Narrativas Digitais e do Hipervídeo Semântico.

Desta vez a convite da Professora Vera Dobedei no âmbito das actividades do linha de pesquisa de Memória e Património associada ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Memória Social da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)

Narrativas digitais em hipervídeo_UNIRIO_2015

Oficina na UERJ sobre Hipervídeo

Na sequência da Conferência uma oficina dedicada ao hipervídeo semântico e mais em concreto à utilização da aplicação Korsakow.

Workshop de Korsakow

Open Hypervideo Project

Hypervideo on the Web that works like the Web

(Project and thesis)

Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.open-hypervideo.org

Great work and ideas on hypervideo. And, yes we should be more concern with emerging formats that are not always clearly identified with open access policies.

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Conferência na UERJ sobre hipervídeo

Passado quase um ano da conclusão do Doutoramento mais uma apresentação pública do trabalho realizado. Desta vez no Rio de Janeiro a convite de Edméa Santos com a organização do GPDOC – Grupo de Pesquisa Docência e Cibercultura da Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Página no facebook).

Narrativas digitais em hipervídeo

PhD Dissertation

And here it is a Link to my dissertation with the title: Learning Activities with Semantic Hypermedia in Higher Education – URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/13871

Focus group session

Video frame from focus group session

 

PhD VIVA

Captura de tela

Yesterday afternoon (morning in Texas) the final presentation and discussion of my PhD took place in the New University of Lisbon. Here are  the presentation slides.