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About the project |
Classroom Demonstration
“Bullet Screen” for Virtual
Teaching and Learning: An Innovation for Online Collaborative Video Analysis
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Principal
supervisor: |
Prof.
TAN Jia |
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Co-supervisors:
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Prof.
CHUNG Peichi & Dr. Li Tiecheng |
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Project
duration: |
22
months (from Sep 1, 2021 to June 30,
2023) |
Project objectives and project plan
The goal of this project is to develop and
implement an online tool for video analysis as a virtual teaching and learning
activity using the innovative function of “bullet screen”. Bullet
screen, or danmu, is a popular function
in Asian video sharing websites where users can submit, view, and add textual
commentaries flying in and out of screen like bullets while watching the videos
online. The bullet screen as a learning tool enables students to watch the
video at one’s own pace, pause anytime, and make comments in a virtual
setting. Furthermore, it is designed to optimize collaborative online learning
with video by encouraging interactions among students and between students and
teacher while watching the videos as well as during face-to-face teaching by
facilitate in-depth discussions of what was watched.
On-going progress
This project consists of three stages to enhance student
learning through online collaborative video analysis teaching and learning
activities. Stage 1: Planning (Sep 1 2021- June 30 2022); Stage 2 : Design and Test (July 1 2022-March 2023) and Stage 3:
Implementation and Dissemination (March 2023 -June 2023). The team has
completed Stage 1, the planning stage successfully. We have communicated
with course teachers and designed teaching tasks with bullet screen function.
Using tools on existing commercial video sites, we have tested video analysis
with bullet screen in courses CURE2040 Television Studies and CULS5204 Cultural
Studies in Film and Video. In both courses, students used Dmooji,
a Chrome extension on YouTube to do video analysis. We
are now in Stage 2, the design and test stage. We are now in the
progress of exploring the details of the tool (e.g. platform, development,
timeline).
Expected contribution
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. 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.
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.
