Slides from presentation given at the Society for Experimental Biology annual meeting in Brighton (UK). The presentation is similar to one given the previous week at the STEM Horizons conference. To reflect the more international audience, the content is slightly altered, with a little more emphasis on use of broadcast media in general and less emphasis on Box of Broadcasts (given that the latter is a UK-specific service).
As Seen On TV: Using broadcast media in bioscience teaching
1. As Seen OnTV: Using broadcast
media in bioscience teaching
SEB+ Science CommunicationToolkit (July 2016)
Chris Willmott
Dept of Molecular
and Cell Biology
cjrw2@le.ac.uk
2. Broadcast Media: Why?
• TV clips can be used in class in variety of ways
- to help scene-setting
- to convey factual information
- as discussion starters
• Contribute to “flipped teaching”
e.g. require students to have watched footage
before F2F session
• Assessed activity
e.g. evaluating documentaries
9. Broadcast Media: Limitations?
• How do I know what material useful for teaching?
• How do I get hold of that material?
• Are there any recommendations about how best to
use that material?
10. Biology on the Box
• Recommendations for TV (and radio) content that
can be used for enriching bioscience teaching
• Primarily designed for use in conjunction with “Box
of Broadcasts” – UK, subscription service
• Programme tips equally valid without BoB, just
harder to get hold of
11.
12. What is BoB?
• Box of Broadcasts
• Giant TiVo box for education
“An online, off-air TV and radio archive
& recording service from BUFVC”
• ~ 2 million TV & radio programmes
• > 60 TV & radio channels
• Clips & playlists
• UK only (issues re Distance Learning)
• Subscription
13.
14. BoB
• Fantastic tool, not perfect
• Key weakness = discovery/rediscovery
• Additional resource for sharing best practice
- more metadata & keywords
- scope to describe usage of resource
• Hence launched Biology on the Box
15. Biology on the Box
• Biologyonthebox.wordpress.com
• Started September 2014
• Post of various styles
23. Biology on the Box
• Biologyonthebox.wordpress.com
• Started September 2014
• Post of various styles
• Posts by students & grad interns
• Posts from other academics
• Posts by you?
• Something similar in your context?