Join me online at the Symposium for Research, Scholarship, and Creativity at Madonna University on April 21, 2021 (use QR code above or link below).
My presentation is available here at any time:
Abstract
After more than a year adapting on-ground teaching to an online environment, reports of camera fatigue, anxiety, and other challenges to learning come from students, teachers, and researchers. Teachers commonly adopt a screen-sharing approach during live and recorded class sessions, offering students a side-by-side view of the instructor and the instruction materials (e.g., slide decks, illustrations, equations).
This session will examine the influence of this online visual arrangement on student learning. Through the lens of deaf space, the underlying challenges posed by the side-by-side arrangement will be identified and an integrated visual approach will be offered. Examples of adaptations made in the SLS department will be included, along with a discussion of the associated technical methods employed to achieve content integration. This presentation was requested by faculty members after seeing an integrated approach during an online meeting. It borrows from my dissertation, which offers a theoretical conceptualization of interpreter geography and interpreter space, Sign Language Interpreter Space: a phenomenological case study of interpreted theatre.
Resources
Zoom
Sharing slides as a virtual background.
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360046912351-Sharing-slides-as-a-Virtual-Background
OBS Studio
obsproject.com
OBS with Zoom for Windows Users
https://youtu.be/iwz7I0KseEI
OBS with Zoom for Mac Users
https://youtu.be/yuwJ84f6E4I
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Danny McDougall, PhD, CSC — “Dr. Danny” — owns and manages TerpTheatre. Since 1986, he has interpreted in hundreds of plays, musicals and other performances on stage – most in the shadowed style. He teaches and lectures on the theory and practice of theatre interpreting. Danny is the chair of Sign Language Studies at Madonna University, and holds a PhD in Translation and Interpretation from Heriot-Watt University – where his dissertation explored the relationship between space and meaning during interpreted theatre performances.