Register
We invite colleagues attending the Third Bremen Conference on Multimodality to register to participate in this excursion.
Background
In this paper-as-performance we will undertake an unrehearsed group walk - a ‘multimodal dérive’ - during the Third Bremen Conference on Multimodality. Through this exercise we intend to demonstrate that bringing together multimodality and mobile learning provides valuable opportunities for investigating our relationship with the urban, which in turn provokes questions about the social, cultural and political issues of our time. Instead of a conventional paper, our contribution will take place in the street and with an attention to the full range of semiotic material from which emerge impromptu sites for learning (Sharples et al., 2009).
Starting in the centre of Bremen and working in groups, we will undertake a short walk through the city centre, receiving prompts and recording then sharing our experiences using our mobile phone devices and the Telegram app. In this way we intend to make the case for a nuanced understanding of ‘the digital’ within multimodal research as we encourage reflection around the co-constituting nature of human and technology, which in turn asks questions about how we gather and understand multimodal data in an increasingly digital world.
This activity has been design by James Lamb and Michael Gallagher from the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. It has received permission resulting from an ethical review application in keeping with the standards of the University of Edinburgh.
Gathering data using the Telegram app
In order to participate in this activity we ask that you download the free Telegram app to a mobile phone device in advance of the conference. Telegram will be used to send prompts throughout the excursion, as well as inviting you to respond to activities by gathering and sharing data in image, text or other forms as you wish. You can read more about the Telegram app here.
Using the data generated as we explore Bremen
With your permission we may look to use the data generated during our excursion within a later review of the activity, for instance within blog posts or other academic publications. If you give us permission to use the data you generate during the excursion it will be stored in a secure, password-protected location and will only be available to those involved in organising this activity (Michael and James). All information collected through the exercise will be treated confidentially. No names of individuals will be released to any other organisation, nor will they be identified in any reports or publications arising from the study. We will be happy to share our reflections around this exercise with you.
Background
In this paper-as-performance we will undertake an unrehearsed group walk - a ‘multimodal dérive’ - during the Third Bremen Conference on Multimodality. Through this exercise we intend to demonstrate that bringing together multimodality and mobile learning provides valuable opportunities for investigating our relationship with the urban, which in turn provokes questions about the social, cultural and political issues of our time. Instead of a conventional paper, our contribution will take place in the street and with an attention to the full range of semiotic material from which emerge impromptu sites for learning (Sharples et al., 2009).
Starting in the centre of Bremen and working in groups, we will undertake a short walk through the city centre, receiving prompts and recording then sharing our experiences using our mobile phone devices and the Telegram app. In this way we intend to make the case for a nuanced understanding of ‘the digital’ within multimodal research as we encourage reflection around the co-constituting nature of human and technology, which in turn asks questions about how we gather and understand multimodal data in an increasingly digital world.
This activity has been design by James Lamb and Michael Gallagher from the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. It has received permission resulting from an ethical review application in keeping with the standards of the University of Edinburgh.
Gathering data using the Telegram app
In order to participate in this activity we ask that you download the free Telegram app to a mobile phone device in advance of the conference. Telegram will be used to send prompts throughout the excursion, as well as inviting you to respond to activities by gathering and sharing data in image, text or other forms as you wish. You can read more about the Telegram app here.
Using the data generated as we explore Bremen
With your permission we may look to use the data generated during our excursion within a later review of the activity, for instance within blog posts or other academic publications. If you give us permission to use the data you generate during the excursion it will be stored in a secure, password-protected location and will only be available to those involved in organising this activity (Michael and James). All information collected through the exercise will be treated confidentially. No names of individuals will be released to any other organisation, nor will they be identified in any reports or publications arising from the study. We will be happy to share our reflections around this exercise with you.
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