Speakers: Zoë Carbone (student), Sabrina Romano (student), James Skidmore (professor, Germanic & Slavic Studies)
This presentation will address this head on by shedding light on the adaptation process: the mechanics of going about it, the problems that sometimes arise, the editing decisions that need to be made.
When I (James Skidmore) took over FINE 102 / VCULT 100 - World Cinema and Visual Culture, I wanted to move away from the commercial textbook package in favour of OER in order to reduce student costs. But I also wanted to "localize" the textbook - that is, create a resource that was situated in the actual course and which students would see was tailored to their learning. This textbook would need to do two things: acquaint students with world cinema while also introducing them to the analytical vocabulary and concepts used in cinema studies.
The first part of this presentation will outline the adaptation process in Pressbooks and the editorial considerations that come into play. In the second part, Zoë Carbone and Sabrina Romano, two students from the course, will be on hand to explain how we're working together to enhance the chapters I'm writing. Using their notes and ideas, we're incorporating their voices in those original chapters through chat dialogues and other interventions. We hope that by bringing the three of us into conversation with each other, the textbook will engage future students in a way rarely seen in course materials.
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 299 279 677 924
Passcode: 2yX9xY
Download Teams | Join on the web
Or call in (audio only)
+1 226-243-6399,,147300818# Canada, Kitchener-Waterloo
(833) 827-4832,,147300818# Canada (Toll-free)
Phone Conference ID: 147 300 818#
