1. UT AUSTIN | PORTUGAL DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN DIGITAL MEDIA By: António Carvalho Maneira 1

2.  Higher education: What is the problem?  What is being proposed in this project  What are the expected outcomes 2

3. What is the problem?  World is digitally mediated  Lectures don’t work as before  Students are diverse  Digital literacy implies new skills 3

4. Gutenberg Bible (Copy at University of Texas at Austin) 4

5. Over 350,000 files Over 74 million video lessons delivered Over 2400 videos 5

6. Distance learning Adaptability Social Network environment Over 250,000 students $4,5 billions of revenues Global MBA on facebook 6

7.  Rich learning environments  Online learning networks  Web 2.0 allows new active learning strategies 7

8.  “people are not only assuming the role of learner, they're increasingly assuming the role of instructor as well“ Patti Shank, 2008 8

9.  “the revolution in means of production, distribution, and access for media has not been accompanied by a similar revolution in syntax and semantics of media“ Lev Manovich, 2008 9

10. Story Keywords Non-linear 10

11. What is being proposed Active learning strategy Semantic Hypermedia ToolsOnline Collaborative Work + 11

12. What is being proposed Teacher Peer-to-peer Digital Resources Social Networks Learning Communities Experts Student 12

13. What is being proposed Search/ResearchDevelop/ManageShare/Discuss 13 Content and information Multimedia projectContent using semantic tools Internet Multimedia project Teacher Peers...

14. What is being proposed A design based research approach using:  Surveys  Focus groups  Participant observation  Used in two different sets  Radio Television and Film Department of UT  Faculty of Fine-Arts of UL 14

15. What is expected  Changes in students skills and attitudes  Evaluation of technological tools  Evaluation of learning activities design 15

16. Students:  Multimedia production skills  Project management skills  Higher motivation and enjoyment  Better studying attitudes and skills 16

17. Tools:  Usability and ease of use  Improvements to Korsakow features and interface design  Need for other tools 17

18. Activities design:  Technology usage and needed assistance  Team work activity  Social networking 18

19. We expect to gather data to:  Support the use of semantic hypermedia authoring tools  Support learning strategies that make use of social networking  Support and enhance active learning strategies  Enhance and develop features in a hypermedia authoring tool (Korsakow) 19

20. "The universe is made of stories, not of atoms" Thank you Muriel Rukeyser 20

21. How Korsakow works: 21

22. Special Keyword This Special Keywords are like transitional ideas that link segments to each other. Non-linear

23. Special KeywordMultimedia This Special Keywords are like transitional ideas that link segments to each other. With this Special Keywords one segment can push specific topics related to what the author finds will be relevant to watch next.

24. Multimedia Special KeywordActive Learning This Special Keywords are like transitional ideas that link segments to each other. With this Special Keywords one segment can push specific topics related to what the author finds will be relevant to watch next.