Presentation from Association of Learning Technology Annual Conference 2016. Conference theme: Shaping the Future of Learning Together. Presented under strand: Participatory approaches to the development of learning technologies

1. animate to communicate: using
digital media for assessment
Hayley Atkinson and Dr Jenny Fisher
@ladyculottes @JennyCFisher

2. Our students and us

3. Why animation?

4. Our approach

5. challenges of new
assessment

6. Student learning
“Seminars were very informative, maybe more
seminars on how to use the go animate programme
would have helped as some features were quite
difficult to use”
“Maybe make the
length of the animation
more flexible”.
“I think if I was to do it again i
would probably start it alot earlier
that we did to allow us to use the
most out of the functions the
software provided as we didn't
leave our self with much time to
explore it”
“there wasn't much
group interaction, where
as with a presentation
everyone must get
involved and practice as
a group to do the
presentation”
“maybe the groups could
be smaller next year, so
there's more for each
person to do”.

7. Outcomes

8. Student feedback
“Go animate was a new
experience which promoted
group work and research skills, it
was an enjoyable way to interact
with peers and to work together
on a topic”.
“This animation
was a lot more
enjoyable than
an essay or a
presentation”
“I think this animation is a fantastic idea
and with out it i wouldn't have passed
the modual I am normally not a very
academic student and having dyslexia
struggle to do essays this animation
allowed me to show my creative side
and I would definitely recommend this
you carry on with this type of
assessment”
“I’m a L6 Social Care student and I took this unit last year – I
really enjoyed this assessment, but I would have loved an
opportunity to have done it in form of an animation... What a great
new way of assessing students, and giving them a chance to
develop skills as well as demonstrating theoretical
understanding!”

9. How to contact us:
@JennyCFisher and @ladyculottes
j.fisher@mmu.ac.uk and h.atkinson@mmu.ac.uk
Read more:
We’ve blogged our journey at:
https://animating4socialcare.wordpress.com
Want to know more?

10. This is why animation!