So here are some initial thoughts about what I would like to set out to do. I think if we understand what we're after first, then we can play with applications and ideas to see how they develop and fit our goals.
I'm considering goals in a few areas: Value to Community/Consumers/Readers, Personal Value, and perhaps Resources.
Value to Community
- High interest topics
Some teachers might be mad finding a selfie on the computer. - Unique or original approaches (I'm thinking theoretical models, mostly, but also a variety of semiotic analyses and applications)
- Provocative and academic content
- Open-ended "lessons"
- Options for further investigation
- Options for collaboration
- Options for projects
- Meme-ic or "Shareable" bits through social media
- Applicable to multiple audiences
- Global/developing
- Young readers to seniors
- Schools/teachers
- Short lengths (3-7 minutes)
- "Collections" which work together: by title, approach, activity, etc. That suggests a framing of these that is fairly predictable.
- Broaden appeal of literature, new authors, global writers, etc.
Personal Value
- Teaches in a new model, a step further than Khan Academy, for instance
- Keeps me thinking/talking in important ways
- Builds community of like-minded folks
- Doesn't monopolize time in maintenance
- Ultimately, monetized
- Fun!
Resources
- Tests new technologies: multi-modal discourse
- Not complex tech. The work must be reproducible for others.
- Works with a selected platform (Udemy?) with like-minded philosophy
- Built collaboratively
We'll have a lot of roles to fill, I suspect. I imagine there is Concept, Design, Content Selection, Research and Content Development, Production, Promotion. The easy and fun part for me is content selection and development/scripting. We might want to start with some of that to see how what we develop might be spun or built differently.
Some initial thoughts.
