By Anna van Someren on October 15, 2007 5:40 PM
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I had to share this message from NML researcher Kelly Leahy, who
manages to make hilarious insights even in her sleep. It seems to sum
up the feeling we
sometimes have on this project, because it is a project that is constantly evolving.
After the New Media Literacies theoretical framework was laid out in
the white paper, the team moved forward to create related materials.
The initial idea was to create a library of documentary videos that
profiled various media makers. These videos would be shared online in
an Exemplar Library - a collection of stories about people using the
new media literacies in the real world. Another goal was to create
learning activities related to these exemplars.
As
we moved
forward, we went through many shifts - these resulted from new
realizations, ongoing research, new people on our team, or just from
our own process. Some shifts felt subtle, and others felt more
dramatic, but often our priorities and ways of working had to change.
Such course adjustments are a necessary part of our research process,
and I think it might be valuable to record some of the changes we've
made along the way...
