Using digital tools in WIL to enable student journalists' real world learning

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Jones, Dianne. 2016. "Using digital tools in WIL to enable student journalists' real world learning." Barker, S., Dawson, S., Pardo, A. and Colvin, C. (ed.) 33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2016). Adelaide, Australia 28 - 30 Nov 2016 Adelaide, Australia. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE).
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Using digital tools in WIL to enable student journalists' real world learning

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AuthorJones, Dianne
EditorsBarker, S., Dawson, S., Pardo, A. and Colvin, C.
Journal or Proceedings TitleProceedings of the 33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2016)
Number of Pages6
Year2016
PublisherAustralasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Place of PublicationAdelaide, Australia
Web Address (URL) of Paperhttp://2016conference.ascilite.org/program-2/proceedings/
Conference/Event33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2016)
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33rd International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2016)
33rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
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Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Event Date
28 to end of 30 Nov 2016
Event Location
Adelaide, Australia
Abstract

This paper explores how student journalists’ adoption of digital technology, during real world work-integrated learning (WIL) reporting projects, enabled authentic learning. Student journalists at a regional Queensland university interviewed the candidates for each of the four-yearly local government area elections, from 2008 to 2016, in Australia’s second largest inland city and its surrounds. They published their multimedia stories on the Radio Journalism Online blog at https://radiojournalismonline.com. This study considers the importance, when framing WIL projects for student journalists, of embracing the traditional and new technical skills and digital literacies that graduates will need to be job ready for multimedia newsrooms. It also considers the impact of recording and telling stories in the talents’ or actors’ own words on the students’ perceptions of the accuracy and reliability of their election reports.

Keywordsdigital technology; multimedia; journalism education; work-integrated learning; WIL
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020360299. Creative and professional writing not elsewhere classified
390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy
Byline AffiliationsSchool of Arts and Communication
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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