TY - JOUR
T1 - Students publishing in new media
T2 - Eight hypotheses - A house of cards?
AU - Rifkin, William
AU - Longnecker, Nancy
AU - Leach, Joan
AU - Davis, Lloyd
AU - Orthia, Lindy
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Can science undergraduates learn effectively by activities that have them express science content in 'new media', the popular communication forms that increasingly impact on their lives? We describe here rationale, approaches to date, and a series of hypotheses to be tested in a project designed to develop the content knowledge and graduate attributes of science students via science communication. The project explores the educational value in fostering student publication on the web - a medium of learning and publication that, one can argue, students find engaging, staff increasingly see as practical, and employers value as relevant. We aim to determine the extent to which science lecturers should and can exploit a growing number of publication opportunities provided by the web to enhance learning and motivation to select science and to engage effectively in its study at university. This article draws on literature, as well as evidence from the authors' practice, to articulate hypotheses that are being tested in the project. Here, we set out a research agenda to be explored as academics in various fields turn to assignments involving production of 'new media'.
AB - Can science undergraduates learn effectively by activities that have them express science content in 'new media', the popular communication forms that increasingly impact on their lives? We describe here rationale, approaches to date, and a series of hypotheses to be tested in a project designed to develop the content knowledge and graduate attributes of science students via science communication. The project explores the educational value in fostering student publication on the web - a medium of learning and publication that, one can argue, students find engaging, staff increasingly see as practical, and employers value as relevant. We aim to determine the extent to which science lecturers should and can exploit a growing number of publication opportunities provided by the web to enhance learning and motivation to select science and to engage effectively in its study at university. This article draws on literature, as well as evidence from the authors' practice, to articulate hypotheses that are being tested in the project. Here, we set out a research agenda to be explored as academics in various fields turn to assignments involving production of 'new media'.
KW - Assessment
KW - Authentic tasks
KW - New media
KW - University
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650804362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
SN - 2200-4270
VL - 18
SP - 43
EP - 54
JO - International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education
JF - International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education
IS - 1
ER -