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all subjects, which used a wide range
of techniques of script design; and use
of drama and storytelling. And for that
most discerning and demanding of audiences—children—the
library at the
Institute of Education, University College,
London retains the archive and
is keen to publicize its use for research
(Howarth, 2015, December 8). The departments
were closed in 1992 and a
green plaque erected on the wall of 1
Portland Place in 2008.
The recent trend in video journalism
is the backpack video journalist.
The definition of a backpack journalist
is someone who can do the work of the
large broadcast production team. In the
backpack, fits the video camera, lights,
sound recording gear recording and the
laptop with the software and transmission
logistics to communicate to the
broadcaster or social media. Also the
ease of use of the equipment allows the
journalist to master all the skills of interviewer,
producer, lighting, sound crew,
and camera person. The author believes
backpack journalist is the model for
the lecturer who wants to use video for
learning. All the skills are concentrated
in one person’s endeavor, so methods
are clearer for the lecturer to experience
the process of making the short video
productions for news and current affairs.
It was possible for one person to
create complete education radio broadcasts
on location in the 1970s, a specialty
developed by the author. Print publications
accompanied all broadcasts, so
it was possible for children to have in
front of them photographs and graphics
to illustrate every sound broadcast.
The video journalist most surely carries
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on these craft skills. Though technology
now allows everyone to be a broadcaster,
how to use it to advantage is what
counts.
Context
Teach like a video journalist thinks
as an idea that developed during
the making of learning resources
from lectures and workshops for
colleagues in the Centre for Advancing
Learning and Teaching (CALT) at
University College, London (UCL), between
2011 and 2016. The consultancy
was to film lectures for online teaching
resources. There were teaching resources
that staff wanted to create to
demonstrate specific examples of quality
teaching as well as a project using online
videos to explain and promote staff
involvement in teacher accreditation,
with the UK Higher Education Academy
fellowship program.
Filming a Workshop
Workshops for teaching staff
are an opportunity to record
the evidence of good teaching,
to draw others into the fold. Short
edits of the session videos capture the
atmosphere and highlights. The long
edits feature main themes, presentation
of participants, and summary discussions.
Standard video journalist techniques
use a radio mic on the main
speaker, and the rifle mic to pick up
participants comments. Filming wide,
close, very close, and over the shoulder