| Title | Interactive Image Annotation as part of UBC's Collaborative Learning Annotation System |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Arts |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 2 Year |
| Initiation | 04/01/2018 |
| Completion | 03/31/2020 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2018/2019 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Sebastian Prange |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 13,194 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Sebastian Prange, Assistant Professor, History, Faculty of Arts |
| Year 1: Summary | The aims of the project are: (1) to develop a new online visual learning tool; (2) to pilot this new tool in two courses of different size and level; and (3) to develop documentation materials to promote uptake of this new tool across UBC. The new Image Annotation Tool allows instructors to build and share databases of course-specific images, which communities of learners can then engage with through textual commentaries, visual markings, tags, and media-rich annotations in space. By actively creating new layers of information and interpretation, students and teachers can debate visual materials in a deeper, more interactive, and recordable form than existing models and platforms allow. This project builds on a previous TLEF headed by Tara Mayer, which has shown the limitations of both open-source and proprietary commercial platforms. In consultation with CTLT and ArtsISIT, this project will develop an in-house solution based on an existing UBC platform. |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2019/2020 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Sebastian Prange |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 12,923 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Sebastian Prange, Assistant Professor, History, Faculty of Arts |
| Year 2: Summary | The aim of this project is to develop a new online visual learning tool that will facilitate collaborative and critical student engagement with visual materials. In Year 1 (2018/19) of this project, we have developed and piloted a new in-house platform created at UBC. In Year 2 (2019/20), we will make necessary technical improvements (to both student-interface and instructor back-end) based on the evaluation of those pilots, involve faculty beyond Arts in further development, and prepare user documentation for instructors and students in preparation for a roll-out across campus. |