JISC

The project has now completed. The final report is available from the bottom of the page.

Overview

The project will establish an Internet TV Station to enrich curriculum delivery by providing enhanced resources and a diversity of learning experiences for learners across a range of the college’s media curriculum.

A fully operational TV production and broadcast environment enabling learners to develop contemporary Media skills will be established.

The station will broadcast streamed and ‘on-demand’ video content, via the Internet, across the college’s curriculum areas to inspire and engage 14-19 year olds. The post project vision is to sustain and extend the resource to the wider community to raise aspirations and inspire achievement.

Aims and Objectives

• Establish a sustainable Internet TV station operated primarily by Media & Arts students under the guidance of skilled media professionals
• Enrich curriculum delivery by providing an innovative learning experience where learners are able to develop contemporary media skills in a ‘real’ TV production and broadcast environment
• Link the video resource into the broader curriculum of the college via ‘Learning Net’, the college’s newly enhanced virtual learning environment
• The channel will transmit streamed and on-demand content to inspire and engage young people with an eclectic mix of local news, independent films, documentaries, interviews, special interest programmes and music videos

Project Methodology

The project will focus on a cohort of 30 learners engaged on the First and National Diplomas in Film and Television Media Production where teaching strategies to deliver and assess learning are clearly established.

Learners will have significant creative, editorial and technical input managed within the requirements of their curriculum.

A Project manager will be responsible for the project’s deliverables through Project Implementation, Management and Steering groups.

The TV Studio will be supported by a project dedicated media technician who will have responsibility for day to day operation of the studio in line with curriculum and project needs.

Anticipated Outputs and Outcomes

• The enhancement of a curriculum delivery to provide realistic production and broadcast opportunities
• Improved awareness and understanding of the costs and benefits of using Internet TV to stream video as both a ‘curriculum specific’ and a ‘cross-college’ resource
• Enablement of staff to build essential skills in using a new teaching and learning resource
• Establish sustainable curriculum processes over the life of the project and respond to meet the diverse and changing needs of learners
• Develop reliable, robust and transferable/re-useable curriculum delivery model(s)
• The effective application of the resource will be manifested by increasing recruitment and retention in the curriculum area
• To provide termly updates via RSC Eastern’s newsletter
• To participate and present a project update via RSC Eastern’s e-Fair each summer term
• To provide awareness raising opportunities and mechanisms for engagement both internally and externally to the college
• To report on progress and other outputs via programme and synthesis meetings

Technology / Standards used (if applicable)

• The use of proven web technology with ‘open’ media standards such as Adobe Flash (SWF)

Lead Institution

    The College of West Anglia

Project Partners

    All Saints House Trust

    Opportunities West Norfolk (14-19 Collaborative Learning)