WEEK 4 | Instructional Design

WEEKLY NOTES-WEEK 4

Instructional Design and Technology:

Digital Media, New Tools, and Technology University of Maryland, University College - IDT300x

WEEK 4 - AIMS OF LESSON

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:

Outline best practices for creating instructional storyboards
Identify resources used for collaborating and evaluating instructional storyboards
Create a personalized storyboard that aligns with an instructional event
Create and publish a short educational video

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Week 4 Activity: Develop your own storyboard & video

Directions:

This module presented several tools related to the significance of developing your instructional story through storyboards.

Choose one of the storyboard templates from the resources or develop one of your own for this activity. You will be storyboarding an instructional solution of your choice using a template to tell your tale.

Your assignment submission must address the following critical elements:

Description of learning/instructional goal
Single objective tied to goal
Minimum 5 scenes in your storyboard dictating your instructional video
Create and published your instructional video, 2-4 minutes, with listed license, either copyright your work or apply a Creative Commons license of your choice (publish on YouTube. You do not need to make your video public to the world, you can select the setting to be visible only to those with the link.)

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RESPONSE: Constructivist Artist - Biography outline

Submitted: 09.04.19

Description of learning/instructional goal

This presentation has the aim of continuing to develop teaching resources that are appropriate to developing an on-line multimedia course. Each of the resources are part of a predominantly Constructivist and Cognitive educational approach to the delivery. Working through each piece of information building on both skills and knowledge.

It requires the students to respond and demonstrate their knowledge in an aesthetic, technical and theoretical manner, which they consolidate through their research and practical work.

This presentation based on an article edited from ArtListris. It's also one of three Constructivist artists presentations to give students an overview of the type of creative work artists were involved in and the socio-political world of 1920's Russia. It forms the basis for the students research work into the artists and times, and how they influenced current design principles.

Storyboards:

Storyboard Page 1 - https://bit.ly/2WSZYMj

Storyboard Page 2 - https://bit.ly/2I89QhR

The instructional storyboards have been produced in order to plan and quantify the extent of producing the short video presentation. This piece of work sits in the following order of the resources developed so far:

1. Info-graphic - multimedia process overview poster. Week 2

2. Constructivist Art movement - Audio introduction/overview - Week 6

3. Video Constructivist Artist - Biography outline - Week 4 (THIS WEEK)

4. Adobe Bridge to Photoshop: opening images process - Week 5

5. Constructivist poster example created to demonstrate process - Week 3

Animation Video

Aleksandr Rodchenko – 6 Interesting Facts

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/hCAyVrVFWIc

Week 4 Captions

Click on the button below to see video captions.

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Tools used:

1. Animatron is easy to use and offers template options:
https://www.animatron.com/studio/presentation-maker

2. Adobe Premiere
https://adobe.ly/2VACoDy

3. RMIT University Logo
Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RMIT_University_Logo.svg

4. Footage Stills: DV Archive
https://www.dvarchive.com/stock-footage/929-3635
License Agreement
This footage is cleared for:
Public Domain Use

5. Article:
Edited from: ArtListr
Aleksandr Rodchenko – 6 Interesting Facts
April 24, 4, 2017
https://artlistr.com/aleksandr-rodchenko-6-interesting-facts/

6. ArtListr References:
Britannica
The Art Story
Design History
Telegraph

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Animated video - Presentation:

Alexander Rodchenko

Born: Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko
December 5, 1891, St. Petersburg
Died: December 3, 1956 (aged 64) - Moscow
Nationality: Russian
Movement: Constructivism

- Known for painting, photography

Article - Aleksandr Rodchenko – 6 Interesting Facts

Russian artist Aleksandr Rodchenko (also spelled as Alexander Rodchenko) was a leader in many avant-garde movements during a time of great change in Russia.

Known especially for the Constructivism and Productivism movements, he has made contributions to painting, photography and, most notably, what became known as modern graphic design.

His works were as radical as his causes, but his dedication has also helped art flourish across Russia. To know more about this prolific designer, here are the following facts.

Fact 1.
His entire career and body of work is marked by revolution.

Rodchenko became one of the most recognized figures during the Bolshevik Revolution, combining art with politics to contribute to communist propaganda.

His poster “Books” became an icon of the Soviet Union and its art scene. It includes his photograph of Lilya Brik which has inspired many subsequent works.
Graphic Design and Illustration Aleksandr Rodchenko

Rodchenko effectively combined illustration with typographic design; this poster circa 1920s

Fact 2.
Rodchenko challenged traditional art, as well as older avant-garde artists.

In response to his rival Kazimir Malevich’s “White on White” painting, Rodchenko created a series of “Black on Black” abstract paintings.

He spearheaded the rise of “industrial art” over traditional painting, influencing the practice and instruction of art, as well as its theories.

Fact 3.
Rodchenko was excellent in fine arts, but abandoned painting.

As a Constructivist, he worked with a compass and ruler to avoid creating brushstrokes. He saw painting as outdated and associated it with capitalist agenda.

As a farewell, Rodchenko created “The End of Painting”, three canvases painted in solid colors to represent the art form’s logical conclusion: a dead end.

Fact 4.
Rodchenko valued the functionality of design over the aesthetic of art.

Eschewing the visual purpose of traditional art, he wanted to create unique commodities to serve Soviet society. He proposed that artists can be engineers.

As a Productivist, he worked to include artistic forms in daily life. He designed utilitarian furniture such as a flippable chessboard and a row of reading chairs.

Fact 5.
Rodchenko fell out of favor under Stalin’s government.

The avant-garde movement was suppressed and official art was replaced by Social Realism. Authorities condemned Rodchenko’s art as “formalist”.

He and his wife were fortunate to escape Stalin’s Great Purges, wherein many prominent individuals from the Bolshevik Revolution were executed.

Fact 6.
He spent his last years dedicated to photography.

By documenting Stalin’s regime, Rodchenko explored a medium which was highly valued in a country where 70% of the population couldn’t read or write.

He was praised by critics for taking photographs from oblique and extreme angles. He took pictures of structures diagonally and people “from the bottom up”.

With conviction and innovation, Aleksandr Rodchenko produced some of the most striking and memorable images which continue to inspire contemporary graphic designers. His creations are true examples of how art can thrive in and shape a fast-changing world.