Digital Media Arts: Learning, Assessment, and Design

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this session we propose to extend Jenkins’ et al.’s (2006) conception of participatory cultures as authentic digital spaces for artistic production and civic engagement – to understanding participatory media spaces, designed learning environments that take advantage of the features of emergent spaces yet focus on specific learning and instructional goals. Our symposium will focus on various aspects of the relationship between digital media, creative production, and the design of learning environments. We present four complimentary perspectives on how young people learn to produce digital media, how we can assess the quality of youth-produced digital art, and the formal and informal learning environments that lend themselves to meaningful participation in “new literacies” (Lankshear & Knobel, 2003) practices.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Media, Culture, and Curriculum

Chair

• Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Papers

• Visual Artistic Development in Digital Media Contexts - Kimberly Marie Sheridan, George Mason University

• What makes a youth-produced film good? A youth audience perspective - Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Damiana Gibbons, Appalachian State University; Alon Andrews, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• “Put Us on the Map”: Youth, DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Media, and Urban Schooling - Korina Jocson, Washington University in St. Louis

• Designing for Meaningful Disciplinary Participation in Museums - Lisa Brahms, University of Pittsburgh

Discussant

• Donna E. Alvermann, University of Georgia