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About the project |
Classroom Demonstration
“Bullet Screen” for Virtual
Teaching and Learning: An Innovation for Online Collaborative Video Analysis
About the project
The proposed project engages three themes respectively.
First, it is a project of innovation and
design as it develops bullet screen online tool for virtual teaching and
learning (see Figure 1 for its use in entertainment context). Out-of-class
video viewing with the designed bullet screen learning tool supports individual
students to watch the video at one’s own pace, pause anytime, and make
comments in a virtual setting, which was impossible to do in a whole-class
video session in face-to-face environments.
The bullet screen tool enables development of professional and general skills in video analysis. Watching
and commenting at each student’s pace provides opportunities for
conducting detailed textual analysis on both the content and the aesthetic of
the video. It aligns with numerous courses on video cultures offered by the
Division of Cultural Studies, such as those on cinema, television, digital
media, and video games with relevant intended learning outcomes (i.e. analysis
of specific video work in terms of its ideological implications as well as its
stylistic features). For example, the real-time bullet screen function provides
a precise image or sequence where the student can comment on the cinematography
and editing technique. The teacher can easily assess how well the student has
grasped the class material. In addition, the commentary function can potentially
increase students’ behavioral and emotional engagement in the
video-watching process through active learning.
Further, the bullet screen learning tool is designed to
optimize collaborative online learning with video. Typically, the flipped classroom
approach offers an individualized learning experience and lacks user
interaction. With the bullet screen learning tool, peer learning can be
realized through student interactions on the bullet screen. The students can
view others’ comments, reflect upon them, and add comments of their own
to agree, critique, or debate each other, thereby creating a collaborative
watching and learning experience. On the other hand, the teacher can show the
video with all or selected student comments in class, organize and facilitate
in-depth discussion of class material. The bullet screen learning tool thus
enables active and collaborative online learning among students, and between
teachers and students. The students can upload videos for others to comment on,
which engages students as partners in curriculum
and teaching and learning Development.
Moreover, the study of moving
image culture is a key teaching area in cultural studies. As many of the
students are active users of bullet screen in their media consumption, the
bullet screen learning tool will facilitate critical thinking in media
literacy, which aligns with one of the institutional goals.
Overall, the bullet screen learning tool can enrich the overall educational experience
of virtual learning, encourage teacher-student and peer interactions, and
provide additional support resources for effective learning. The innovative
and creative approach of bullet screen learning is also a kind of new strategy in pursuit of longer-term
visions on VTL.
