wearable technology in the lab - a useful new perspective?
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WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY IN THE LABA USEFUL NEW PERSPECTIVE?
A study conducted by Dr Tatyana Devine, Clare Gormley & Patrick Doyle
Twitter: @clare_gormley@dyagetme
HOW DID THIS PROJECT COME ABOUT?
Team member had purchased action cameraTEU & Biomedical Science faculty were working on an online Immunology ModuleASU showcased use of wearable camera in their internal projects
Sparked Idea for Our Wearable Camera Project
WHAT IS THE RESEARCH QUESTION?
How is wearable camera-created video perceived by students as a
learning tool?
Academic created an authentic video of a procedure using wearable camera We asked 29 undergrad and 9 postgrad students to review this videoWe issued questionnaires to each cohortWe analysed their feedback according to comment frequency
WHY A POV STYLE?
“POV shot occurs when the camera assumes the spatial position of a character in order to show us what the character sees; the camera lens is, so to speak, the eye of the character (hence the metaphor “camera eye”), with the result that our sensory perception is restricted to that of the character.”
Brannigan (1984, p.6)
Point of View in the Cinema: a Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film
WHY A POV STYLE?TRADITIONAL METHODS
• Expensive• up to £5000 per day
• Time consuming• Cast, crew, equipment, set
up, reshoots, academic in front of cameras which leads to anxiety
• Storytelling• Narrative convention
(Establishing shot, medium shot, close up)
WHY A POV STYLE?POV METHOD
• Expensive?• One camera – up to £400
• Time consuming?• Equipment and crew not
needed – Lights / microphone operator / camera operator.
• Easy set up - academic concentrates upon task at hand
• Storytelling?• Narrative convention is not
needed. Just film the learning task – the context is provided in supplementary learning material
WHAT DID STUDENTS THINK ? – PART 1
WHAT DID STUDENTS THINK? – PART 2
WHAT DID STUDENTS THINK? – PART 3
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR THE ACADEMIC?Ability to record under normal lights anywhereAbility to concentrate on the subjectAcademic’s voice is accepted as expert
NOTEAcademic needs to practice with the camera and app
Slow head movements
Review and begin filming
CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS