Research

These following examples are all research based activities that use Open Content.

Images
// Image credit:[|TempusVolat] [|CC BY NC SA] //

What can this image tell us? (original [|here])
 * 1) What amount of factual evidence can we unearth from the image?
 * 2) What can we infer from the the representational aspects of the image?

place, elevation. poster Dress, quality of image, architectural detail, place, setting
 * Factual evidence?**
 * Circumstantial evidence**

Reading an image, (or moving image) is another way of working with visual media. Rather than concentrating on the aesthetic qualities, such as in spectacular landscape we are more concerned with getting as much information as possible from it, looking for the - small - clues which might come from the subject matter, the technical quality, details in the background. The example below shows how **one small clue**...

from James Morley's Flickr site - [|Whats that picture]? This type of study also well suited to quizzes created using online forms

Video
Here is the original footage available on the Internet Archive.
 * The Hindenburg** **disaster**

media type="custom" key="26264278"

Whilst the best know is probably the Pathe Newsreel

media type="youtube" key="fURATK5Yt30" width="560" height="315"
 * Compare the two clips, (possible questions)**
 * 1) What have they in common?
 * 2) Which film tell you most about the Hindenburg?
 * 3) Which film tells you most about the disaster?
 * 4) How would you use each one? - //consider the different licences with which they are made available//.

//**Which supporting materials might you use**// [|Live Radio Broadcast] of the disaster [|Internet Archive Page and Thumbnails] [|Wikipedia Page]

This example activity links closely with, and could be delivered in the Quiz format, using Google forms or similar tools.
 * Quiz framework.**

**Text based research**
'OCR text scanned' from a digitised image of a historic text using //[|Project Naptha]// tool, added to a document, researched in Wikipedia, then a reference from wikipedia chosen as the basis for further research.


 * Learning Outcomes from Research based activities.**
 * Critical thinking
 * Analytical Skills
 * Problem solving
 * Data collection

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