Online learning is very different from traditional lecture or discussion-based courses. We used plenty of threaded discussion in the Pathwright LMS to talk about the ideas we encountered in course readings and videos. Threaded discussion is a powerful way to summarize, synthesis and apply new information and ideas. But we also did some other activities in this fully-online class. To see how these practice fit together theoretically, you can read more about my thinking about the relationship between media literacy, digital literacy and online learning.

How You Learned This Semester:

ACCESS & ANALYZE

• You analyzed the power relationship that exist between the photographer, subject and audience
• You read and annotated documents and more documents using Kami for Chrome
• You viewed and annotated a video on authenticity and selfies using Video Ant
• To consider the intersection between popular culture, creativity and learning, you explored resources like

<aside> 📎 Gendered Advertising Remixer, created by Jonathan McIntosh

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<aside> 📎 HitRecord, an online creative community founded by Joseph and Dan Gordon-Leavitt

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<aside> 📎 Know Your Meme, a database of online popular culture

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• You searched for and shared examples of covid remote instruction using the Padlet Wall

CREATE & COLLABORATE

• You created memes for media literacy and posted them on a Padlet Wall
• You experimented with different screencasting tools
• You considered the identities of children as digital authors by annotating a video lecture
• You created a collaborative slide deck to consider the connections between past and present in youth media production in schools
• You created LEAP 1, a video that analyzes a creative work from a digital author who uses YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok