Transmedia…What is it?
Transmedia can also be referred to as “across media”. To elaborate on this, transmedia is the telling of a story across multiple media based platforms. These platforms can take place in many forms such as websites, games, videos, and more. While we may not be aware of it, transmedia has been quite beneficial towards education.
Transmedia: A Puzzle
Transmedia is truly like a puzzle. All of the platforms can be connected in some ways but they are all individually unique in their own way.
Citation: http://www.tstoryteller.com/types-of-transmedia
Benefits?
Citation: https://www.slideshare.net/ebreilly1/transmedia-play-final-144
Why is it beneficial towards Education?
An article by Tomas Francheschin called “How Can Transmedia Learning Transform Education?” provides very valid points on the beneficial impact transmedia has towards education.
Some of these points are:
- Allows students to learn how to produce different types of content on multiple platforms
- Students become more engaged when it involves technology
- Allows students to analyze content and understand it through a different perspective
- Students have to think critically when producing transmedia as well
- Students can learn at their own pace, different platforms appeal more to specific students than others
- The knowledge they pertain from making and working with transmedia will more than likely benefit them in their future career
The article link is listed below, I encourage you to check it!
http://edu4.me/en/how-can-transmedia-learning-transform-education/
Incorporating Transmedia in my Future Classroom
I am beyond excited to have my students get experience with all the wonderful things transmedia has to offer. I feel it is imperative to allow students to get experience with the diverse platforms involved with transmedia. It will also allow them to get experience with the 4 C’s!
- Collaboration is used when students are working together to make a specific type of transmedia. It also occurs when people work together to understand content that is being presented in front of them.
- Critical Thinking is constantly occurring when working with transmedia. When one produces a form of transmedia, in this case students, they often have to uniquely think on how to keep the story and content the same but also allowing it to be portrayed differently. Also, specific types of transmedia platforms require its audience to analytically think.
- Communication is a vital part towards the production of transmedia. Many forms of transmedia are made by working with and communicating with others. This involves communicating innovative ideas on how to produce this potential new platform. Communicating is also involved when students communicate with others depending on what kind of transmedia they are engaged in.
- Creativity is one of the key components necessary to produce platforms of transmedia. Transmedia is the telling of a story across multiple media based platforms, which requires each platform to be distinctly unique in some ways. Students can demonstrate this when they produce their own types of transmedia.
Transmedia in Education Video:
-As well as being able to incorporate Transmedia in the future classroom, teachers should produced PLN (Proffessional Learning Networks): A helpful link on how to produce a PLN is below.
- “What is a PLN?”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju54C5A3RCw&feature=youtu.be
Video: The URL listed below shows the Library, METRC, that is in Poe Hall at NCSU. This video shows a lot of potential resources that could be used for making transmedia.
–ECI Commerical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_y6MDEE-Cg