MULLing Over Teaching, Research, and Service: A Roadmap to Media Lab Sustainability

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MULL-ing Over Teaching, Research, and Service
A Roadmap to Media Lab Sustainability

• Brad Bachetti
• David Edgell
• Erika Silvas-Guerrero
• Keisha McKenzie
• Sarah Silvas
• Betsy Strosser

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Overview

• Research Strategy
• Prototype MULL User
• Results
• Teaching and the MULL
• Research and the MULL
• Service and the MULL
• Recommendations
• MULL Support for Teaching
• MULL Support for Research
• MULL Support for Service

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Philip Barrios Typical User

• Scholar of Southwest literature
• A little familiar with technology
• Wants to videotape Southwest authors for
  teaching, research, and service activities
• Wants to produce projects in one facility
• Has several expectations from the MULL
• Training
• Re-using media products
• Funding
• Collaboration
• Database

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Teaching and the MULL
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Teaching Goals

• Course materials
• Presentations
• Instructional materials
• Classroom activities

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Activity 1 Lectures

• Two varieties
• Audio podcasts
• Video
• Media and storage servers
• Support for recording, taping, or capturing
• Media
• Hardware
• Software

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Activity 2 Promotion

• Encourage students to enroll in courses
• Two kinds
• Electronic web
• Paper-based flyers and posters
• Support for product production
• Hardware printers or servers
• Software Document, graphic, and web design

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Activity 3 Course Activities

• Encourage student participation
• Two kinds
• Electronic HTML forms, Java/Flash apps
• Paper-based Worksheets and exams
• Support for product production
• Hardware printing
• Software dynamic web applications

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Option 1 U of Ms AIM Lab

• Supports creation of instructional materials
• Lectures Product not process
• Promotion No support for paper-based outreach
• Activities Advanced web apps
• Conclusion No hosting for storage or media, but
  excellent software resources

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Option 2 Michigan Techs Lab

• Studies media and the classroom
• Lectures No media or storage support
• Promotion Severe lack of printing capabilities
• Activities Basic web applications
• Conclusion No support for physical materials,
  but excellent on-site technical support

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Option 3 Clemsons MATRF

• Supports creation of instructional materials
• Lectures Product not process
• Promotion Necessary hardware and software
• Activities Variety of basic web and design
  software
• Conclusion On-site printing, adequate resources,
  excellent on-site and online tutorials

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Option 4 Mich States MATRIX

• Supports creation of instructional materials
• Lectures Client-based approach to media
• Promotion Advanced web options
• Activities Advanced web apps like database
  design and CMS
• Conclusion Professors cannot create their own
  material, excellent advanced web options

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Research and the MULL
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Research Goals

• Increase research productivity and funding
• Adapt and distribute research to the public
• Improve graduate student acculturation and
  professional development
• Increase resources that support an optimal work
  environment

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Criteria

• Can the MULL support departmental values and
  goals?
• Can the MULL support current departmental
  research practices?

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Research Activities

• Individual conference presentations
• Editing films into presentation audiovisuals
• Collaborative journal articles
• Analyzing texts with graduate co-authors
• Recording data from research participants
• Departmental research colloquia
• Incorporating new media into presentations

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Service and the MULL
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Service

• Professional contributions made by an individual
• Spread over four areas
• The department
• The college
• The university
• The discipline at large
• Examples include
• Being an advisor, committee member, or program
  administer
• Class visits
• Club sponsorship
• Lectures or visits to schools in the community
• Projects in conjunction with schools in the
  community

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Service Goals

• Considered the needs of Dr. Barrios
• Looked at nine schools
• Narrowed down to three by criteria
• Criteria included
• The labs ability to facilitate an individual in
  meeting their requirement of service (opportunity
  and resources/equipment available).
• The labs ability to provide assistance
  (training) to individuals to encourage continuous
  use of lab.

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Options

• The Digital Media Development-Medial Lab at the
  University of Colorado at Boulder
• The Advanced Instructional Media Lab at the
  University of Memphis
• The Dynamic Media Lab at the University of Nevada
  Reno

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Activity 1 Facilitate service

• The Digital Media Development-Media Lab at the
  University of Colorado at Boulder
• Stocked with a range of equipment
• Available portfolio with examples of services
  provided to enhance projects
• The Advanced Instructional Media Lab at the
  University of Memphis
• Stocked with a range of equipment
• Provides examples of past projects
• The Dynamic Media Lab at the University of Nevada
  Reno
• Facilitates in creation and implementation of
  service project
• Impressive lab as it is involved with many areas
  spread across the university

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Activity 2 Providing assistance

• The Digital Media Development-Media Lab at the
  University of Colorado at Boulder
• Brown Bag Seminars
• Hands on Training
• The Advanced Instructional Media Lab at the
  University of Memphis
• Traditional Training
• One-to-One Training
• The Dynamic Media Lab at the University of Nevada
  Reno
• Help Desk and Support Centers
• Computer Training and Smart Classroom Training

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Recommendations
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Recommendations for Teaching

• On-site and online tutorials and troubleshooting
• Capabilities for black/white and color printing.
• Advanced web applications like Flash, Fireworks,
  Javascript, PHP, SQL, and XML.
• Servers for web hosting, storage, and media
  streaming.
• Variety and availability of document, web, video,
  audio, and graphic design software.

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Recommendations for Research

• Presentations
• Video creation hardware
• Film editing software
• Co-Authored Articles
• Digital, multi-use presentation systems
• Colloquia
• Media server

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Recommendations for Service

• If looking for a successful example to model we
  recommend
• - Digital Media Development Media Lab
  (UCB)
• Each lab model has elements to consider in
  building the MULL from the ground up.
• Partnership of entities both within and outside
  the university setting.

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Final Recommendations

• Promote experimentation and collaboration
• Offer on-site assistance
• One-to-one
• Collaborative group assistance
• Database archive of faculty projects
• Support electronic and paper-based activities