Digital Case Method

Digital Case Method

Instructor: Dr. Adam Stepan

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Important information covered in this course includes video, production, green screen, case studies, and digital storytelling.

Skills you'll gain

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Assessments

12 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

The course is suited for teaching and learning professionals, media professors, university leaders, and educators interested in learning, creating, and using Digital Case Studies.

This course will allow learners to tap into the power of visual storytelling through the powerful format of the digital case study, which can and should be created by students themselves. This class uses video tutorials and practical guides to teach learners case creation using inexpensive tools such as a smartphone, stabilizer, and Adobe Premiere Software. It also dives into how to design, fund, and manage education programs built on digital case studies. To be successful in this course no pre-requisite filmmaking knowledge is required. An interest in documentary-style filmmaking and video editing is all you need.

This module covers an overview of how digital cases are created and used including the format and different approaches to using case method in the classroom.

What's included

11 videos7 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

11 videos Total 73 minutes

Welcome 2 minutes
Getting Started 2 minutes
Why We Do This? 5 minutes
Introduction to the Digital Case 1 minute
Types of Cases 11 minutes
Big Data Case 11 minutes
Case Use - In-person and Online Classes 11 minutes
Intro - 'Teaching with Cases' Film 1 minute
Documentary - Teaching With Cases 11 minutes
From Story to Case with Kirsten Lundberg 18 minutes
Wrap up 0 minutes

7 readings Total 65 minutes

About the Class 10 minutes
Meet the Course Team 5 minutes
Additional Expert Interviews 5 minutes
Class Structure – Syllabus 5 minutes
Resources and Ways to Use This Class 5 minutes
How To Use Module 1？ 5 minutes
BIG DATA AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN NYC 30 minutes

3 assignments Total 60 minutes

Quiz: Basics of Creating and Using a Case Study 15 minutes
Quiz: Cases in the Classroom 15 minutes
Practice Questions for Digital Cases in Classes 30 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Current Status of Case Studies at your Institution 10 minutes

This module covers what creating a digital case study program at your institution would require, along with the elements needed to create a student case creation program. The “Visual Storytelling” class will train students in the basics of filming PBS and BBC documentary style footage with only a smartphone and stabilizer.

What's included

14 videos1 reading3 assignments1 discussion prompt

14 videos Total 106 minutes

Module 2 Intro 3 minutes
Intro - Internet in a Box 1 minute
Internet in a Box 12 minutes
Supporting Student Cases 10 minutes
Intro to Visual Storytelling 1 minute
Visual Storytelling 9 minutes
Tutorial - Intro to Gear Packages 4 minutes
Tutorial - Stabilizer Set Up 6 minutes
Tutorial - Filming With Your Stabilizer 8 minutes
Intro - Student Produced Cases 0 minutes
Documentary - Visual Storytelling through Student Produced Cases 11 minutes
Intro to Panel Discussions 1 minute
Panel Discussion: Visual Storytelling in Higher Education 39 minutes
Wrap up 1 minute

1 reading Total 10 minutes

How To Use This Module? 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 75 minutes

Quiz: Internet in a Box 15 minutes
Quiz: Visual Storytelling through Student Cases 15 minutes
Practice Assignment: Visual Storytelling and Tutorials 45 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

What Supporting Student Cases Requires? 10 minutes

This module delivers the second part of the “How-To” content of the Visual Storytelling course. It focuses on story research and production, and explores how to plan and light interviews using both a smartphone and DSLR Camera.

What's included

16 videos1 reading3 assignments1 discussion prompt

16 videos Total 89 minutes

Module 3 Intro— Research, Story, and Interviews 3 minutes
Story Research and Development 10 minutes
Narrative Themes and Techniques 4 minutes
Introduction to Production Basics 2 minutes
Production Basics 6 minutes
Tutorial - Smartphone Interview 5 minutes
Introduction to DSLR Filming 9 minutes
Day Exterior DSLR Interview 7 minutes
Interior DSLR Interview 6 minutes
Neutral Background DSLR Interview 6 minutes
Conducting the Interview 5 minutes
Introduction to Rainforest Case 1 minute
Rainforest Reserves 15 minutes
Intro - Documentary Student Cases #2 1 minute
Documentary - Student Produced Cases #2 8 minutes
Wrap up 1 minute

1 reading Total 10 minutes

How To Use This Module 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 75 minutes

Quiz: Interview Filming Elements 20 minutes
Quiz: Conducting a successful interview 10 minutes
Visual Storytelling and Tutorials 45 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Using and Creating Engaging Narratives 10 minutes

This module presents the third and final collection of “How To” videos from our Visual Storytelling class. These focus post production planning, writing scripts, working with footage, and strategies for adding music and graphics. We end with a discussion of the future of sharing of digital cases, and the potential impacts of AI on digital case use and sharing.