Carol Steger of the Department of Communication Studies Talks about the Value of the Digital Media Commons
The Digital Media Commons is a wonderful service that helps faculty as well as students. The DMC made all the difference in my flipped instruction course this semester. Last fall I enrolled in the FTLC’s “Flip-the-Classroom Cohort”. Our goal was to use technology in new ways to engage our students outside of the traditional classroom. Once I was given my assignment the DMC was the first campus resource I reached out to. I needed to create 6 videos to be sent to students before the spring semester began. And I knew absolutely nothing about how to do this. The DMC staff sat with me many days patiently helping me learn how to record and edit videos. (I even learned how to film using a green screen!) There were plenty of times during the process when one staff member I had worked with was not available, and another staff would step right in and assistance without skipping a beat. They were all a great help. It took 60 hours of work to complete my work...