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- 1. OpenStudio and Digital Photography: creating and sharing better images Jon Rosewell eLearning Community, 18 Sept 2019
- 2. How do you ‘teach’ photography? • Visual awareness • Technical aspects • Digital darkroom skills • Practice • Assessment 2
- 3. How do you ‘teach’ photography at a distance? • Visual awareness • Technical aspects • Digital darkroom skills • Practice • Assessment 3
- 4. How do you ‘teach’ photography at a distance? • Visual awareness – OpenStudio • Technical aspects – Web pages • Digital darkroom skills – Video tutorials • Practice – Taking photos to a brief • Assessment – Panel of photos plus written 4
- 5. Course components • 10 weeks, 100 hours • Online: 10 weekly lessons – Virtual camera and other interactives – Weekly ‘briefs’ • OpenStudio • Video tutorials • Forums with ‘mods’ – who are photographic experts • Assessment: – mid-course iCMA – EMA (60% panel of 10 images, 40% written; personalised feedback on images) 5
- 6. Past, present, future… • T189 – 10-pt short course – Part of Relevant Knowledge Programme – 2007-2013; 14,650 students • TG089 – Partnership with Royal Photographic Society – Non-accredited short course – 2015-2020; ~2,500 students • Future ??? – 10-pt microcredential (not a MOOC) – 2020- ??? 6
- 7. Developing your visual awareness • Taking photographs • Looking at your own and others’ images • Commenting on or critiquing images • You will learn – To discuss images knowledgably – Articulate aspects of visual awareness (composition, colour…) – Articulate aspects of technical quality (exposure, focus…) • Develop your own judgement of ‘good’ photographs 7
- 8. Open Studio
- 9. Groups
- 10. Comments
- 11. Learning cycle? 11 Compose better image How to process / edit How to share How to critique Reflect on feedback
- 12. OpenStudio activity Presentation Students at start Active users Images …per user Comments & likes…per user 15F 206 187 11918 64 21864 117 15J 252 226 15030 67 26005 115 16C 196 183 11528 63 19400 106 16J 334 288 17024 59 17456 61 17C 269 245 14708 60 17024 69 17J 340 296 15561 53 13658 46 18C 281 248 14029 57 12829 52 18J 404 349 17647 51 22733 65 19C 252 221 11812 53 9910 45 12
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- 17. Student expectations • “The major weakness of the course is that there is no feedback at all from a professional/experienced photographer about your work until the final week's photographs. This is far too little and too late.” • “I felt a little ripped off in the end with this module to be honest. The lack of direct contact from a tutor left me thinking why on earth was I paying nearly £200 for a course that I could of got the same information and probably more feedback for free online.”
- 18. Good reviews • An outstanding course. When I started I thought I was quite a good photographer, but I am now much better. I have a greater understanding of the technicalities involved in photography and through viewing and commenting on fellow students' work and receiving their comments I have developed greater awareness of what makes a good photograph. • I thoroughly enjoyed the course. I loved looking at the other students work in Open Studios and feeling I could comment on them. Receiving their comments was a great help as I found I had overlooked various aspects in my photos. I found some of the technical parts difficult to grasp and some Photoshop techniques seemed beyond me at first but other students were there to help.
- 19. Social learning: forums 19 Total posts Students Posts per student 16C 2512 196 12.8 16J 2921 334 8.7 17C 2304 269 8.6 17J 2376 340 7.0 18C 2238 281 8.0 18J 4647 404 11.5 19C 1825 252 7.2 Total 18823 2076 9.1 TM129 12504 6654 1.9
- 20. Social learning: beyond the course • Flickr: T189 past, present & future – From 2007 – 900 members – 55,000 photos – 1100 discussions • Facebook • Colour groups and Meetups 20 “I notice that some students from the current presentation have joined the original TG089 Facebook page – seems to be turning into a very lively and helpful forum – just what self-help groups are all about ”
- 21. Any questions? http://www.rps.org/learning/online-courses RPS/OU galleries: one, two, three, four. Jon.Rosewell@open.ac.uk 21
Editor's Notes
- OpenStudio was created for T189 Digital Photography: creating and sharing better images, and continues to be used in the current version TG089. I will discuss the pedagogy of the course, the role of OpenStudio within it, and how OpenStudio is perceived by students.
- Traditional approaches: -- apprenticeship sitting at feet of expert -- in a studio Visual awareness – photographic ‘eye, ‘seeing’ Challenge to give quality at distance, online -- large numbers -- unpredictable numbers
- Traditional approaches: -- apprenticeship sitting at feet of expert -- in a studio Visual awareness – photographic ‘eye, ‘seeing’ Challenge to give quality at distance, online -- large numbers -- unpredictable numbers
- Technical aspects – exposure, focus, digital storage -- trad distance teaching but online with high degree of interactivity Digital darkroom skills – editing images -- video tutorials Visual awareness -- open studio -- students to see images, to critique images, to learn to articulate visual aspects Assessment -- weekly (non-assessed) photo briefs -- panel of images for judging, plus written which reinforces ability to talk about images
- Relevant knowledge model -- know about technology to use it better -- practical focus: build/do/produce and have something to show
- ‘Seeing’, ‘photographic eye’ The website will teach you some of the theory of photography, which you can put into practice in the weekly photo assignments, and the video tutorials will introduce you to the skills of the ‘digital darkroom’. You may be wondering how we can teach you to develop your ‘seeing’ or ‘photographic eye’ – the essence of photographic skill. In this course, you will develop as a photographer by creating and sharing images. Developing your ‘seeing’ is done by a combination of things: taking photographs (particularly to a brief), looking at your own and other people’s images, and commenting on or ‘critiquing’ images. The weekly photo assignments are the starting point for this: each week you are asked to take some photos on a theme, share them in OpenStudio and comment on others’ images. Although as a beginner you may feel you don’t know enough to comment on others’ images, we will help you to gain that confidence. As you study the course, you will learn how to discuss images knowledgeably, being able to talk about aspects of visual awareness (such as composition and use of colour) and aspects of technical quality (such as exposure and focus). By sharing your own images, you will also find out what others see in your own work, and receive constructive comment on how you might improve them. By making comments on images, you will develop your own judgement of what makes a ‘good’ photograph. Towards the end of the course, you will be able to listen to an expert assessor judging sets of photos, and have the opportunity to do the same yourself. Developing your abilities in this way will help you to create good images.
- Original stand-alone version Image of the day Jamie Daniels – OU developer
- Groups: -- small – 10 students -- dynamic, changed each week -- formed from those who recently uploaded, so active Also able to see all images
- Reflects Kolb learning cycle Kolb implies expert feedback For peer review, act of giving feedback is as important as receiving Both should engender reflection
- High number of posting Also commenting and liking – but decreasing over time?
- Comments decreasing over time – probably students changing Early presentations only possible via RPS since course not findable at OU Had a couple of cohorts of very good/keen photographers Now a little easier, so maybe students have changed? Do ‘like’ buttons let students skimp on commenting? Should they be removed?
- Different activities on OS – by slot/image or by people Viewing clearly biggest, then commenting Next are like/other icons Following and tracking very low – people want to do this but can’t work out how
- End of course survey, uses old SEaM questions Generally positive but -- dissatisfaction with student support ‘no expert feedback’ -- course met expectations low for same reason -- assessment low because of timing – have submitted, but not got feedback – always very positive later
- OS questions – as used in Elaine’s project Mainly enjoyed, some students unconvinced about learning
- From T189 but could be from current version – nothing changed!
- Forums are busy – lots of posting, lots to read ~200 posts per week TM129 as comparison quieter (but doesn’t include tutor groups; longer course)
- Flickr group long-running, had monthly competitions for >10 years Activity moved now to Facebook Colour groups – students want to know who are in same group, set up colour threads on forums Many messages re meeting up, some happen, not quantified