Learning about Metadata and Machines: Teaching Students Using a Novel Structured Database Activity

Autor/inn/en	Iliadis, Andrew; Liao, Tony; Pedersen, Isabel; Han, Jing
Titel	Learning about Metadata and Machines: Teaching Students Using a Novel Structured Database Activity
Quelle	In: Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 4 (2021), S.152-165 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Iliadis, Andrew) ORCID (Liao, Tony) ORCID (Pedersen, Isabel) ORCID (Han, Jing)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2578-2568
Schlagwörter	Metadata; Databases; Learning Activities; Undergraduate Students; Communication (Thought Transfer); Database Design + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Metadaten; Datenbank; Lernaktivität; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke
Abstract	Machines produce and operate using complex systems of metadata that need to be catalogued, sorted, and processed. Many students lack the experience with metadata and sufficient knowledge about it to understand it as part of their data literacy skills. This paper describes an educational and interactive database activity designed for teaching undergraduate communication students about the creation, value, and logic of structured data. Through a set of virtual instructional videos and interactive visualizations, the paper describes how students can gain experience with structured data and apply that knowledge to successfully find, curate, and classify a digital archive of media artifacts. The pedagogical activity, teaching materials, and archives are facilitated through and housed in an online resource called Fabric of Digital Life (fabricofdigitallife.com). We end by discussing the activity's relevance for the emerging field of human-machine communication. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Central States Communication Association. University of Montevallo, Department of Communication, 75 College Drive, Station 6625, Montevallo, AL 35115. e-mail: csca.ed@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jcp/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01