A growth in the popularity of remix culture has led to the phenomenon of people creating videos that explicitly imitate or copy an original work. In order to explore the potential educational value of the remake video phenomenon, we conducted a content analysis of 93 videos that were inspired by "Love Language," a sentimental narrative…

In the first part of this article, the author reflects on her experience of making film-making workshops with young people in Australia, China and the UK an integral component of a research project on the representation of child migrants and refugees in world cinema. She then sets her approach to these workshops in the context of Alain Bergala's…

Instructional videos play a central role in most online English courses of the current generation. However, previous research on the design and production of these videos has not been adequate, with direct feedback of learners largely neglected. To address the gap, the present study provides an explorative investigation of the perspectives of EFL…

During December 1980 a five-member delegation from the Beijing (Peking) Broadcasting College's Communication Education Department visited comparable U.S. university departments. Author interviewed Zhu Yujun, only woman in the delegation, who lectures on film production in the department of television production. (PD)

The history of filmmaking in China and Japan and film usage in teaching are considered in this document. Pointing out how films describe historical context and culture, the document also describes various techniques of film making. Films in China were heavily influenced by western models and have tended to be tools of the power structure, as…

Describes how an elementary school teacher incorporated the real-life experiences of an IMAX (Image-Maximum) photography expedition to Mt. Everest into her curriculum. Highlights include geography lessons, math and problem solving, science-related issues, Tibetan Buddhism, and constructing a World Wide Web site. (LRW)

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