B5564 - MEDIA, CAPABILITIES, EDUCAZIONE

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students - know the evolution of media in the educational and didactic perspective; - know the new forms of digital permeating the cultural, educational and social fields; - know the perspective of capabilities applied to digital and media for a more effective educational and professional development; - know some of the processes of creation and realisation of media for educational and social purposes; in particular child e-lit, podcasts, video storytelling, digital community maps, video games and animated films; - they are able to analyse digital products from an educational perspective; - they are able to realise projects to use digital with different life ages and cultural and educational contexts; - they are able to evaluate the coherence and relevance of educational and didactic projects with digital; - they are able to conceive and design activities for the realisation of educational and cultural productions with digital; - they are able to reflect critically on digital and its different uses in life ages and contexts.

Course contents

The 48-hour course, delivered in pilot mode, includes 36 hours in the classroom and 12 in remote mode, and is divided into blocks


theoretical elements: where the theoretical constructs will be presented to frame the fundamental terms and concepts of the disciplinary field of ‘media education’;
what skills for media education: where the skills needed to design and manage interventions in the field of media education will be presented;
theoretical and practical insights related to different media realities: in particular, the world of social media, the media, and video games, comics, digital story telling will be explored;
designing media education interventions: where practical tools for designing educational interventions in the field of media education will be introduced;
presentation of practical tools for constructing media products: in this block, with a more practical approach, some digital tools for constructing media products useful for designing educational activities in the field of media education will be presented.

Readings/Bibliography

Compulsory texts for attendees and nonattendees:

Books:

• Rivoltella, P. C. (2020). New alphabets. Education and cultures in the post-medial society. Brescia: Morcelliana Scholé.
• Soriani, A. (2024). Extra lives. Educating for a videogame culture. Milan: Junior Edizioni.

• Felini, D., Trinchero, R. (eds.) (2015). Designing Media Education. From idea to action, in schools and educational services. Milan: FrancoAngeli.

Articles/Essays:

• Ellerani, P. (2013). Changing international educational and training scenarios: cooperative contexts and capability approach. Training & Teaching XI - 4 - 2013. Available at: https://ojs.pensamultimedia.it/index.php/siref/article/view/386/373

Other materials:

•  Consult those on the virtual teaching platform.

 

Additional text for non-attending students:

Book:

•  Carenzio, A., Farinacci, E. (2023). Inside Black Mirror. Media, sociality, education. Scholé.
  
  

Teaching methods

The course will be developed through lectures, remote lectures, exercises (individual and/or group), discussions and comparisons on media materials and project work (individual and/or group).

The 48-hour course, delivered in pilot mode, includes 36 classroom hours and 12 remote hours.

Assessment methods

The examination, lasting 2 hours, will consist of a written test aimed at assessing:

• comprehension of the examination texts and materials on the platform (‘short essay’ and ‘open questions’)
• the ability to design a media education intervention (‘case study’ or ‘development of a project work’)

The assessment criteria will be:

• relevance,
• argumentative clarity
• lexical appropriateness
• completeness,
• consistency of the project with the principles of media education

Teaching tools

• Documents and official reports from Italian and European bodies;
• Multimedia materials (text, video, images);
• Exercises on the Virtual Platform;
• Seminars with experts.

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Soriani