Cultural Tools for the Dissemination of Biogeosciences
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course provides students with methods and tools for communicating biogeosciences in the perspective of dissemination and teaching
Expected learning outcomes
Students will acquire skills related to some areas of communication with regard to communication through videos and to multimedia supports for popular books and textbooks related to biogeoscience issues.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The contents of the course "Cultural tools for the dissemination of Biogeosciences" (6 credits) is organized in two blocks, coordinated with each other, the first dedicated to scientific publishing and multimedia and the second to the use of scientific video in science communication.
General part
Introductory notes on methodologies for Biogeoscience science communication anddissemination.
Scientific publishing and multimedia:
The textbook: conception, structure, realization, graphic design. Popular books and textbooks for teaching: writing texts, editorial activities, iconographic research, scientific drawings, proofreading, printing. Multimedia in books: the introduction and evolution of multimedia in publishing with particular regard to school publishing (from CDs and learning objects to DVDs with 3D animations, from interactive objects to videos and animations, from e-learning platforms to QR).
Editorial realization of multimedia materials: identification of the scientific topic, creation of the screenplay and text for audio, images and music with references to current legislation.
Impact of multimedia in teaching: integrated digital books with examples of applications to different learning objects; immersive vision for dissemination and teaching and creation of videos for augmented reality.
The lessons are divided into an initial part of presentation of the contents, followed by moments of discussion and debate, group activities for analysis and creation of activities, analysis of popular books, educational texts and multimedia supports.
Practice exercises include a part in the classroom and a part outdoor, (eg. schools, publishing houses, places of environmental and geological interest useful for the creation of digital materials for the illustration of specific scientific topics).
The points indicated above are articulated within a path that provides for the description of the characteristics of the materials in question and the presentation of the topics that can be addressed in the field of dissemination and in school courses. These topics are proposed using different types of texts and digital materials.
Scientific video in communication
Introduction: birth and development of scientific/naturalistic documentary. The potential of the video tool in science dissemination/teaching. The potential of the video tool in science dissemination/teaching. The different types of naturalistic/scientific documentary. Documentary making phases (theoretical elements, conception and construction of the narrative path, creative, authorial, organizational-logistics part). Ethics in documentary. The composition of the image, the shooting techniques, the sound. Post-production, editing, sound, writing on images. Graphics as a fundamental element of the scientific documentary. The organization of a project.
The lessons are divided into an initial part of presentation of the contents, followed by moments of discussion and debate, group activities.
Practice exercises include a part in the classroom for the conception, organization and processing of a scientific documentary and an outdoor part (places of naturalistic interest useful for making videos on topics of environmental interest).
It should be noted that outdoor activities are an integral part of the teaching contents and subject to verification; the teaching "Cultural tools for the dissemination of BioGeosciences" is a course characterized by interactive and dialogued lessons and group work, therefore attendance and personal notes are very important.
General part
Introductory notes on methodologies for Biogeoscience science communication anddissemination.
Scientific publishing and multimedia:
The textbook: conception, structure, realization, graphic design. Popular books and textbooks for teaching: writing texts, editorial activities, iconographic research, scientific drawings, proofreading, printing. Multimedia in books: the introduction and evolution of multimedia in publishing with particular regard to school publishing (from CDs and learning objects to DVDs with 3D animations, from interactive objects to videos and animations, from e-learning platforms to QR).
Editorial realization of multimedia materials: identification of the scientific topic, creation of the screenplay and text for audio, images and music with references to current legislation.
Impact of multimedia in teaching: integrated digital books with examples of applications to different learning objects; immersive vision for dissemination and teaching and creation of videos for augmented reality.
The lessons are divided into an initial part of presentation of the contents, followed by moments of discussion and debate, group activities for analysis and creation of activities, analysis of popular books, educational texts and multimedia supports.
Practice exercises include a part in the classroom and a part outdoor, (eg. schools, publishing houses, places of environmental and geological interest useful for the creation of digital materials for the illustration of specific scientific topics).
The points indicated above are articulated within a path that provides for the description of the characteristics of the materials in question and the presentation of the topics that can be addressed in the field of dissemination and in school courses. These topics are proposed using different types of texts and digital materials.
Scientific video in communication
Introduction: birth and development of scientific/naturalistic documentary. The potential of the video tool in science dissemination/teaching. The potential of the video tool in science dissemination/teaching. The different types of naturalistic/scientific documentary. Documentary making phases (theoretical elements, conception and construction of the narrative path, creative, authorial, organizational-logistics part). Ethics in documentary. The composition of the image, the shooting techniques, the sound. Post-production, editing, sound, writing on images. Graphics as a fundamental element of the scientific documentary. The organization of a project.
The lessons are divided into an initial part of presentation of the contents, followed by moments of discussion and debate, group activities.
Practice exercises include a part in the classroom for the conception, organization and processing of a scientific documentary and an outdoor part (places of naturalistic interest useful for making videos on topics of environmental interest).
It should be noted that outdoor activities are an integral part of the teaching contents and subject to verification; the teaching "Cultural tools for the dissemination of BioGeosciences" is a course characterized by interactive and dialogued lessons and group work, therefore attendance and personal notes are very important.
Prerequisites for admission
Good knowledge of all the basic notions of Earth Sciences and Biosciences that are acquired during the Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences and which are required of students admitted to the Master's Degree in BioGeosciences are indispensable. In order to take the exam, it is necessary to have taken the exam of Teaching methodologies and technologies for BioGeosciences or, alternatively, the exam of Ecosystem analysis methods. For students enrolled in the master's degree course in BioGeosciences, attendance of one of the two courses mentioned as mandatory in the respective curricula is sufficient.
Teaching methods
The course will use different methods and techniques to achieve its educational and training objectives, in particular it will be able to make use of:
- Frontal lessons
- Laboratory and outdoor activities
- Multimedia
- Individual and/or group projects
- Small group discussion activities
- Frontal lessons
- Laboratory and outdoor activities
- Multimedia
- Individual and/or group projects
- Small group discussion activities
Teaching Resources
Pdf of the lessons, scientific and informative articles, audio-video material posted by the teachers on the ARIEL didactic site of the course, texts, materials provided by teachers, personal notes.
Module A: The student will have to choose one of the texts recommended and listed on the Ariel platform, to take to the exam. Module B: The student will have to choose one of the recommended texts or documentaries, reported on the Ariel platform, to take to the exam.
Module A: The student will have to choose one of the texts recommended and listed on the Ariel platform, to take to the exam. Module B: The student will have to choose one of the recommended texts or documentaries, reported on the Ariel platform, to take to the exam.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam aims to:
- ascertain the student's knowledge of the characteristics of school textbooks and scientific dissemination texts and the digital materials that integrate them;
- ascertain the student's ability to organize, describe, create and present a multimedia product and a scientific video;
- ascertain the student's ability to organize, describe and present a scientific topic related to videos and other proposed materials;
- ascertain the mastery of the proposed topic;
- ascertain the knowledge of the basic concepts of dissemination in the scientific field;
- ascertain the ability to collect the existing material for the organization of the paper.
The exam consists of two ongoing tests and a phase for registering the final grade.
The two ongoing tests focus on the discussion of two reports, respectively on publishing and multimedia and on communication via videos that illustrate the product presented (multimedia product and video) and on the verification of the contents of the course including any in-depth seminars.
For each module, the student must therefore present a written report linked to an original product which will form the basis of the discussion (multimedia product aimed at popular books or educational texts and an approximately 2-minute video for scientific dissemination). Further information will be provided in class and bring back to Ariel.
The exam will consist in the discussion of the product presented, the report and the material indicated by the teachers (pdf of the lessons, publications made available, personal notes and one chosen text). For the realization of the reports the student can use all available material suitably reworked.
The two reports must be delivered to the teachers of the course in the manner indicated on the Ariel website, one week before the respective ongoing test, so that they can be examined and evaluated by all the teachers (the course includes three teachers: one teacher for each module and the teaching coordinator).
The test is considered passed if both tests in progress are sufficient (i.e. with a score greater than or equal to 18/30). The final grade will consist of the average of the two grades. An oral integration may be requested from the student in the event of a high discrepancy between the two grades.
With regard to each module, the mark will be made up as follows: report 30%, attached product 30%, presentation and discussion, including the contents of the course, 40%..
- ascertain the student's knowledge of the characteristics of school textbooks and scientific dissemination texts and the digital materials that integrate them;
- ascertain the student's ability to organize, describe, create and present a multimedia product and a scientific video;
- ascertain the student's ability to organize, describe and present a scientific topic related to videos and other proposed materials;
- ascertain the mastery of the proposed topic;
- ascertain the knowledge of the basic concepts of dissemination in the scientific field;
- ascertain the ability to collect the existing material for the organization of the paper.
The exam consists of two ongoing tests and a phase for registering the final grade.
The two ongoing tests focus on the discussion of two reports, respectively on publishing and multimedia and on communication via videos that illustrate the product presented (multimedia product and video) and on the verification of the contents of the course including any in-depth seminars.
For each module, the student must therefore present a written report linked to an original product which will form the basis of the discussion (multimedia product aimed at popular books or educational texts and an approximately 2-minute video for scientific dissemination). Further information will be provided in class and bring back to Ariel.
The exam will consist in the discussion of the product presented, the report and the material indicated by the teachers (pdf of the lessons, publications made available, personal notes and one chosen text). For the realization of the reports the student can use all available material suitably reworked.
The two reports must be delivered to the teachers of the course in the manner indicated on the Ariel website, one week before the respective ongoing test, so that they can be examined and evaluated by all the teachers (the course includes three teachers: one teacher for each module and the teaching coordinator).
The test is considered passed if both tests in progress are sufficient (i.e. with a score greater than or equal to 18/30). The final grade will consist of the average of the two grades. An oral integration may be requested from the student in the event of a high discrepancy between the two grades.
With regard to each module, the mark will be made up as follows: report 30%, attached product 30%, presentation and discussion, including the contents of the course, 40%..
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Practicals with elements of theory: 12 hours
Lessons: 30 hours
Lessons: 30 hours
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