BaKaFORUM at Sunny Side of the Doc 2010

Education and Cross Media Session – “All the colours of education – what broadcasters can offer to make learning easier and more effective" organised by BaKaFORUM in cooperation with Sunny Side of the Doc

With examples from Europe and abroad, in this 90'-session we will look into innovative broadcasting formats and digital services designed to support learners. The objective is to share a comparative look on various video based approaches to target educational communities, including formats as: feature length documentaries as a learning tool; curriculum based medialibraries with short clips, participative cross-media projects and creative archive initiatives, webdocumentaries and serious games.

Education and Cross Media Session
on Monday, June 21, 2010, 2:00 pm – 4:00
Session Moderator: Markus Nikel, Programme Manager BaKaFORUM, Switzerland, and Editorial Consultant RAI Educational, Italy

Confirmed speeches and speakers include:

Deconstructing invisibility through TV and Education in Brazil
The colour of culture Lucia Araujo, General Manager Canal Futura, Brazil Canal

Futura has had a very unique role in public policies that promote affirmative actions involving Afroamerican heritage. In partnership with a variety of social actors the Brazilian Channel produced TV programas and educational kits to students, to non governamental institutions and teachers training.


Popular Short-Form Resources Streamed into the Classroom
Paul Ashton, Commissioning Editor, Teachers' TV, UK

Teachers value very highly resources they can use in lessons to stimulate students and get their interest. Two examples of short-form classroom video at different levels of production value from the hundreds available from www.teachers.tv, and two examples from YouTube to show the educational potential of its 100 million pieces of video.

“Joined-up Science”: A New Cross-Platform Science Education Experience
Kazuteru Hayashi, Producer, Science Programs, NHK Educational Corporation, Japan

“Joined-up Science” is a new kind of science-education project for high-school and university students. It’s aimed at nurturing a new, holistic scientific view of life and the Earth; rather than just teaching scientific facts, it enables students to sense that science is connected to every action in life. With website and mobile phone-based interactivity linked to TV broadcasts, it gives students a richer experience than would be possible with TV alone.

Monique Simard, Director General French Program, National Film Board of Canada NFBC, Canada
Caroline Oglivie, Broadcast and Learning Executive, BBC Open University, UK
Jean-Marc Merriaux, Director of Strategy and New Services, France 5, France
Michael Allder, Executive Producer, CBC documentary series, Canada

Sunny Side of the Doc 2010, from June 21 - June 25, in La Rochelle, France
Please click here for a direct link to the Cross Media and Education Session