Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sharing the concept of storyboarding
On February 16 I had a session on storyboarding with a group of lecturers who will be developing blended courses. I shared with them the concept of a storyboard in online learning as a plan or map of how your final course will be organised. I provided examples of storyboards and even gave a brief history of storyboarding in the context of video and film production. The interesting and obvious thing is that at the end of the session, each participant had a different picture of a storyboard in his/her mind. Some saw flow-charts, some tables, others lists. Each participant's learning style and subject area seemed to impact on his/her interpretation of the concept. I will now be extending my range of examples. I will also be finding ways to make the concept even more concrete. One participant suggested a short video showing how storyboards are developed for videos..hmm..an interesting thought. Let's see how that will go...thoughts anyone?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I am about to start my storyboard project and after doing some additional reading (and posting a meaning on our myelearning glossary) I am getting ready to get my feet wet. The reason for being a bit nervous was hearing all the versions of how to do it and even having a version myself.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same as you Miss Ann Marie. I too felt a little lost. So when I got home I literally started at the very beginning. I literally googled the word “storyboard”. I found some very basic things on what it is, how to construct one. I found some really basic examples of movie/advertisements storyboards. Yes that is how lost I was. Hopefully when I have gone through them I too will be able to start soon.SACHA.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same as you Miss Ann Marie. I too felt a little lost. So when I got home I literally started at the very beginning. I literally googled the word “storyboard”. I found some very basic things on what it is, how to construct one. I found some really basic examples of movie/advertisements storyboards. Yes that is how lost I was. Hopefully when I have gone through them I too will be able to start soon.SACHA.
ReplyDeleteRemember the storyboard is your plan for your online course. Do not try to "overthink" it. Look at the course shell you have, you can even print the shell and your storyboard will be your indication of exactly what you are putting in each section of that course and where you are putting them.
ReplyDeleteAs a student in this vibrant class I thought it was particularly interesting that there were so many different interpretations on the development of a storyboard. It however evoked a great brainstorming session which created a brilliant learning episode. Our facilitator, when summarizing the activity during the session, highlighted the different learning styles and backgrounds which caused different ideas from one message.
ReplyDeleteWe not only learnt about the creation of a storyboard for blended learning, but I was reminded that as educators, we periodically have to plunge ourselves into on students shoes.
I am also getting ready to do my story board, I have so many ideas. It is a scary thought since I have to impart so many concepts to my students. I want my story board to be graphical, but I am not very artisitic. We will see how it goes. I am writing my ideas down and hopefully it would come together beautifully. This is an exciting chanllenge!
ReplyDeleteSharianne
I wanted to share this definition of storyboard that I came across.
ReplyDeleteStoryboards are a graphic organizer that combines words with images. It helps students organize ideas, sketch images to support text, reorganize the scenes until the best order is found and can support group work.
What is a Storyboard?: Pre-writing Tool that Helps Students Organize Thoughts and Sequences http://www.suite101.com/content/what-is-a-storyboard-a130624#ixzz1EesfcD00
Thanks Hazra this is a useful link. Perhaps you can add it to the wiki in the course as well.
ReplyDeleteWhen I gave a storyboard assignment to my Form Three class in 2005/2006, I'd done some preliminary searching online for examples, in addition to remembering the storyboard assignment I did as a UWI undergraduate for an art (history) elective course. In a sense I'll be working in reverse, because I've been using myeLearning for three years without storyboarding my courses before putting them online. So, that for me is one of the interesting aspects of the assignment, including the fact that I've never done storyboarding for this purpose before (i.e. for building a course). I don't know how it'll turn out; it's somewhat of a challenge, so I'll see what happens. Right now I'm creatively visualizing the process before actually starting it.
ReplyDeleteBeing a systematic person would certainly help with storyboarding. I just completed the assignment and boy was it a journey! I needed to be clear from the onset what I wanted to achieve (Learning objectives) before even starting to build. I also needed to be aware of the available resources and the right blend for my students(Learning stykes and teaching strategies). Everything we have learnt fits right in. It is really a lot of brain work! The future of teaching is definitely here.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I couldn't come up with a range of learning activities for my online sessions except the same old "do the readings and answer the following questions" routine. Most of the teaching/learning strategies seem appropriate to face-to-face rather than online delivery.
ReplyDeleteI need some help here, thank you.
I believe that a storyboard is a concise representation of a blended/online course and consequently is not an accurate representation of the teaching/learning strategies and levels of interactivity that will be implemented in the course. The type of storyboard should be related to the user, just as a storybook is appropriately chosen based on a particular child. So will a video storyboard enhance communication for the purpose intended? Yes? Then use a video...Ultimately, the goal is to communicate the design accurately, clearly, and concisely while captivating and motivating participants.
ReplyDeleteNirmala your storyboard does NOT replace your course outline. I hope you understand that. It is simply a plan of your online course which you arrive at from your course outline. You must retain your course outline for your students. The storyboard is only intended for those who will be designing and publishing the online course and is not intended for your students.
ReplyDelete