NBC Learn Overview for San Jose State University September 12, 2014

2 What is NBC Learn? NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News, is a rich and unique resource that provides thousands of historic news reports, current events stories, original content, primary source documents, and other digital media specifically designed to teach and engage students. NBC Learn content can be easily downloaded for offline access or embedded into lectures, assignments and presentations. More than 17,000 short, searchable & downloadable videos from the past 80 years Content is generated from the NBCU Family of Properties including: Nightly News, Dateline, Today Show, and networks MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo Current events updated daily, Monday-Friday Original series including Chemistry Now, Changing Planet, Finishing the Dream and the Science of Sports Access NBC Learn from school, library, or home; 24/7 technical support Collaborative: CueCards, Playlists, Searches and Collections are easily shared between users NBC Learn is Accessibility Certified (Section 508 requirements and WCAG 2.0)

3 Accessibility Features NBC Learn is fully committed to making our site accessible and all of its content fully accessible for users with disabilities. We teamed up with the accessibility experts at Interactive Accessibility to guide us in meeting the Section 508 requirements as well as WCAG 2.0. NBC Learn is now certified and has completed its VPAT® (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template). NBC Learn is committed to accessibility as an ongoing activity so we look forward to your feedback! Keyboard Access: Navigate with the Touch of Key Visual Improvements: See Content Clearer than Before Assistive Technologies: Screen Reader Support (fully compatible with JAWS© Screen Reader for Windows Support for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Get the Story Behind the Video (Closed Captioning, Cue Card Video Transcripts) Visit for additional informationwww.nbclearn.com/accessibility

4 Challenges for Faculty to Increase Student Engagement Making content relevant to what students experience today Find materials to show broader themes and help to make more direct links between past and present Need for a variety of materials to address diverse learning styles, abilities and interests Traditional course materials, such as textbooks, fall short Do not want to abandon use of texts and reading but to enhance it Opportunity to supply them what they need online

5 Ways to Increase Student Engagement Videos can be utilized in a variety of ways: Supplementary material to augment understanding Opportunity to introduce challenging or controversial issues Show relevance to course materials using Current Events Present new topics Summarize points made during lecture Demonstrate “real life” examples

6 Accessing NBC Learn How NBC Learn can be accessed at San Jose State University: Standalone access via EZProxy Library: K12: Canvas

7 Demonstration – highered.nbclearn.com

8 The videos “provide a connection between what’s happening in the classroom and what is happening in the world.” Subscriber Spotlight: Nutrition & Community Health Marcia Costello, Villanova University “When the chemical spill happened in West Virginia, I downloaded it to teach water pollution and the impact it had on the community. Each night the story evolved which made it so interesting because at first public officials said they had it under control. Then they said pregnant women shouldn’t drink the water. It gave them a good sense of how a story and community health issues develop and change over time… I know it interested the students because I heard them talking about it later in the day after the lecture was over.”chemical spill happened in West Virginia Some of her favorite videos: Tainted Water Detected in Cincinnati CDC Advises Pregnant Women to Avoid Charleston, West Virginia Water Craving Sugar? Fructose May Trigger Overeating Beijing Air Pollution Still A Problem Polar Vortex Reignites Climate Change Debate

9 Subscriber Spotlight: Internship Resource Management “ It’s hard for my students to imagine something like the Kent State shooting happening today. But with NBC Learn, I can transport them to that time and contextualize what was going on in the world at that time.Kent State shooting “I really like NBC Learn’s brevity and quality. Combining those two things is incredibly important when you are teaching. It helps the students find a balance between the text and the real world. Whenever I can add a component that helps them enjoy the class like NBC Learn does, I am certainly going to use it.” Some of her favorite videos: Student Loan Debt Hits $1 Trillion Supreme Court Reverses Affirmative Action Program in Allan Bakke Case Map of College Graduates in the U.S. Jennifer Gratz and Her Attorney Discuss Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action Peggy Holzweiss, Sam Houston State University “Students have a natural connection to stories and NBC Learn is great at storytelling!”

10 Subscriber Spotlight: Business “Sometimes textbook videos have actors. If you contrast the actors with NBC Learn videos, students see the real people as a safe source, because they recognize NBC [News] talent. It also helps them get familiar with the names of research centers. It is the best way to get information to students because they see that what they’re learning has implications in the real world.” Some of her favorite videos: Salary Talk Isn’t Taboo in "Transparent Workplace" Traveling Across the Country for a Paycheck Diversity Training at the National Civil Rights Museum Businesses Abroad Recruit American College Grads Harnessing the Skills of People with Autism Bangalore, Outsourcing Capital of India Families Struggling for Work/Life Balance Survey Finds More Working Women Choosing Flexibility Over Money Meredith Burnett, George Washington University “The students view the source as valid, and that makes it real-world for them.”

Subscriber Spotlight: Business Dr. Margaret Lucero Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi “Being able to discuss a concept briefly, show a video, and have a thoughtful discussion afterward is why I use NBC Learn”. Some of her favorite videos: US Airways-American Airlines Merger May Raise Ticket Prices Coke Launches Anti-Obesity Ad Americans React to Supreme Court Decision on Health Care Law Crash Investigation Points to Pilot Inexperience NBC Learn Current Events videos help Lucero keep her course “fresh and current” – she can use news stories from the previous night’s NBC Nightly News broadcast on still-unfolding business stories like implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act. Lucero’s “Behavior in Organization” course deals with decision-making and decision evaluation, leadership and power structures, regulations, profit motivation, and corporate social responsibility. Among the NBC Learn Higher Ed video resources she’s used to effect in her course.

12 Subscriber Spotlight: Journalism Trevy McDonald, University of North Carolina Some of her favorites: Mississippi: A Self-Portrait Integration of Little Rock High School: 50 Years later Little Rock Nine Discuss Integrating Central High School 45 Years Later State v. Federal Government: Little Rock, Arkansas Eisenhower Explains Why National Guard is in Little Rock, Arkansas What it Took to Integrate Central High School Professor McDonald uses NBC learn to: Plays civil rights-era news stories from the NBC Learn archives for her students, or assigns them. Uses the resources to introduce a subject – and help students put it in historical context. “It is one thing to read and another to see history occurring.”

13 Subscriber Spotlight: Computer Information Systems Brandon Jones, Northern Arizona University Some of his favorite videos: Is Ever Private? Science of Innovation: 3-D Printing Nonprofit Teaches Kids to Write Computer Code Science of Innovation: Bionic Limbs Science Behind the News: Quantum Computing “Ever since I started using these videos, starting a discussion has been easier, and I have a lot more class participation and student engagement. I think of the Current Events video as a springboard for the class.” “…The stories come from a recognized, well-known brand. When I see a cool story on Nightly News, I can go in the next day and find the story. The stories seem to be ready very quickly, and it amazes me! NBC Learn has great stories on surveillance, privacy concerns, and data breaches like Target’s. I love the Science of Innovation series and for demonstrating innovative solutions, such as using artificial intelligence to create driverless vehicles.” surveillanceprivacy concernsdata breachesTarget’sScience of Innovationdriverless vehicles “ It’s always current, fresh, and relevant.”

14 Subscriber Spotlight: Speech & Communications Mark Woolsey, Yavapai College He uses archival videos in his Human Communication course and inspires debates with videos from Current Events. “I like to illustrate concepts such as credibility and point out those characteristics in the videos to make distinctions. I will use several clips in a class period, demonstrate our discussion topic, and move on to a new concept.” “ It’s rapid- here’s an idea, here’s a clip. It is easy to find specific areas because it is broken down in a very organized way.” as appearance or body language appearancebody language Some of his favorite videos: Non-Verbal Communication Collection Is Ever Private? Science of Innovation: 3-D Printing Nonprofit Teaches Kids to Write Computer Code 2013 Study: Teens Leaving Facebook as Parents Flood Site “You can see their interest pique when I cue the videos.”

15 Subscriber Spotlight: History Joseph Stromburg, San Jacinto College “In face-to-face lectures, I like to use videos to personify historical figures such asJoseph McCarthy. Rather than me trying to dramatize his voice, I just show him in a clip.”Joseph McCarthyclip “I also like the videos that deconstruct political cartoons like King Andrew the First and The Times. And for my distance learning students, video fills the important segments where I would normally lecture.”King Andrew the FirstThe Times Some of his favorite videos: The Nullification Crisis Holocaust Was Worse Than Thought Vietnam: Tet Offensive Tet Offensive: 20 Years Later FDR and American Neutrality David McCullough Discusses John Adams Discussion on Thomas Jefferson's Presidency Brooks Beats Sumner With a Cane on the Senate Floor “I use archival videos that support my narrative in the course.“

16 Subscriber Spotlight: History Lawrence Brannon, College of Southern Maryland Brannan has “mapped” more than 200 NBC Learn videos to the syllabuses of his Pre- Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction U.S. History courses. “The actual newsreel footage – particularly of the second half of U.S. history, like the development of industry, and World War II – just brings things alive for the students, sticks in the students’ minds more clearly than just me talking about it.” “ Making History ”Stick in Students’ Minds ” Some of his favorite videos: Pre-Reconstruction: Treaty of Tordesillas Pilgrims at Plymouth Bacon's Rebellion From Servitude to Slavery The Great Compromise Post-Reconstruction: Leisure at the Turn of the Century John Hay's "Open Door" Policy for China 10th Anniversary of Hitler's March on Poland Loretta Young Announces "Women at War Week“ Bataan Death March Survivors Return to the Philippines

Subscriber Spotlight: History Dr. Ann Gabbart University of Texas – El Paso Some of her favorite videos: Republican Motherhood Christopher Columbus Controversy at Rose Parade Debate Over Christopher Columbus' Legacy William F. Buckley on Christopher Columbus “ It was refreshing to watch the videos and hear the students say, ‘Wow!’” They thought it was interesting to watch some of the newscasts, watch the opposing viewpoints, and hear how people argue about history. Because none of them personally knew these history subjects, they can see how the perception of what occurred in history has changed; and I can teach them historiography. Students think that if something is printed it must be true. The same is true for news stories. I wanted them see how the representation of events change over the course of time and NBC Learn allows me to do that.

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