CINE 18 - ONLINE - American Cinema - Stage 4 - Denise Bostrom
Assessment
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| Assessment Description | While the quizzes measured whether a student had gleaned certain dates, or technological terms, or cinematic phrases pertaining to film history and its development and impact on American culture, the weekly writing assignments allowed students to hone their writing skills and use of MLA Citation Style, but also expand their critical skills in evaluating popular culture and the larger messages embedded within entertainment. |
| Learning Outcomes | ALL |
| Number of Sections | 1 |
| Number of Instructors | 1 |
| Number of Students | 50 |
Data Analysis
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| Data Summary | 82% of the students gleaned the salient historical, economic, social and cultural points of the class, as well as demonstrated a strong knowledge of film history, cinematic language, and the ability to evaluate a film based on its style, content and mise en scene -- and also write a persuasive and well-researched paper concerning film studies. 67% of the students mastered the research, critical writing and historical aspects of the class -- including correctly identifying different aesthetic influences on different genres. |
| Analysis Summary | The approach to presenting American Cinema as it impacted popular culture and was impacted by it has proved to be of sustained interest to a wide range of students. The class concluded with 51 of the original 66 students enrolled and participating in weekly discussion postings and assignments. |
| Next Steps Planned | From the data at hand, CINE 18 Online seems to be a class that works well at both engaging students and challenging their critical thinking and writing abilities. |
| Learning Outcomes | I've been advised to streamline the SLOs, and so for this Fall semester, 2013, they are: 1. Summarize American film history from the silent era to present day movies. 2. Compare how the developing technology in film relates to its evolving aesthetics. 3. Assess the different genres, film grammar, and editing and lighting styles used in films and rate how successfully these techniques are employed. 4. Examine how the tools of camera angles, lighting, editing and sound manipulate how we feel about a filmed subject. 5. Distinguish and contrast the directing styles of different filmmakers. |
Tentative Future Plans
| Term | Fall 2013 |
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| Activities | Revision of outcomes and assessment methods (measurements) |
| More Details | Streamline the SLOs to include: 1. Summarize American film history from the silent era to present day movies. 2. Compare how the developing technology in film relates to its evolving aesthetics. 3. Assess the different genres, film grammar, and editing and lighting styles used in films and rate how successfully these techniques are employed. 4. Examine how the tools of camera angles, lighting, editing and sound manipulate how we feel about a filmed subject. 5. Distinguish and contrast the directing styles of different filmmakers. |
SLO Details Storage Location
- HARD COPY - In a department filing system (department office)
- ELECTRONIC COPY - In my electronic filing system (hard drive or web server)
- ELECTRONIC COPY - On a department web server or shared document system
Additional Highlights
CINE 18 Online has been adopted from a Telecourse and I feel the interactive aspect to this online class, as well as daily input from me has contributed to greater participation and retention from students, and more original and well-researched critical work.The class prepares students to continue in Film Studies and it well serves them.