Research

Grant

The initial funding for this project including the web site construction was provided by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (DP 0879119) 2008-2010, Generating Science Content Knowledge through Digital Animation in a Knowledge-building Community of Preservice Teachers. This is a collaboration between the University of Wollongong, Monash University and the University of British Columbia.

Additional funding to enhance the site was provided by the Australian Teaching and Learning Council ($140,000) and Universities Australia ($40,000).

Research Teams

University of Wollongong, Australia

Garry Hoban (Project Leader), Wendy Nielsen, Charles Carcellor (ARC Project Manager), Julie Clark (ALTC Project Manager), Brian Ferry, Trent Whittaker, Tania Mans, Anthony McKnight, Lisa Kervin, Carol Thomas (Universities Australia Project Manager), Debbie Wray and Grant Ellmers.

Monash University, Australia

John Loughran, Amanda Berry, Stephen Keast, Rebecca Cooper and Marilyn Fleer.

Science Education research group at Monash University

University of British Columbia, Canada

Gaalen Erickson, Anthony Clarke and Vetta Vratulis.

Centre for the Study of Teacher Education at the University of British Columbia

Awards

• Best Paper Award: 2010 Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Conference (ASCILITE), Sydney.
• Runner up: 2010 People’s Choice Award, University of Sydney Research festival, Poster section.
• Runner up: 2010 University of Wollongong Unicentre Competition Trailblazer Award for Original, innovative early-stage research and entrepreneurial ideas.
• Best Paper Award: Hoban, G., McDonald, D., & Ferry, B. (2009). Improving preservice teachers’ science knowledge by creating, reviewing and publishing slowmations to the internet. Paper presented at the Society for Technology and Teacher Education: Proceedings from the 20th international conference Charlestown, SC.
• Best Paper Award: Hoban, G., McDonald, D., Ferry, B., & Hoban, S. (2009). Simplifying Animation to Encourage Preservice Teachers’ Science Learning and Teaching Using “Slowmation”. In C. Fulford & G. Siemens (Eds.), EDMEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (pp. 2838-2847). Honolulu: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
• Garry Hoban. (2008). Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation for outstanding contributions to student learning “For developing innovative teaching approaches to engage preservice primary teachers and school students in new ways of learning science especially through “Slowmation” (learner-generated animations)”
• Garry Hoban. (2006). “Technology Leadership Award” from international Society for Technology and Teacher Education for “Exemplary Use of Technology in a Methods Course”
• Kristy Kervin. (2006). “Technology Leadership Award” from international Society for Technology and Teacher Education for “Exemplary Use of Technology in the First year of Teaching”

Refereed Journal Publications

• Hoban, G., Loughran, J., & Nielsen, W. (in press). Slowmation: Preservice primary teachers representing science knowledge through creating multimodal digital animations. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. DOI: 10.1002/tea.20436
• Vratulis, V., Clarke, A., Hoban, G., & Erickson, G. (in press). Additive and disruptive pedagogies: The use of “Slowmation” as an example of digital technology implementation. Teaching and Teacher Education. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.06.004
• Hoban, G., & Nielsen, W. (in press). Encouraging preservice primary teachers to create multimodal representations of science concepts with “Slowmation.” Research in Science Education. DOI 10.1007/s11165-011-9236-3
• McKnight, A., Hoban, G., & Nielsen, W. (2011). Using Slowmation for animated storytelling. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 27(1), 41-54.
• Hoban, G., & Nielsen, W. (2010). The Five Rs: A new teaching approach to encourage slowmation (student-generated animations) of science concepts. Teaching Science: Australian Science Teachers Journal. 56(3), 33-38.
• Keast, S., Cooper, R., Loughran, J. & Hoban, G. (2011). Slowmation as a pedagogical scaffold for improving science teaching and learning. Brunei International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.
• McDonald, D. & Hoban, G. (2009). Science knowledge gained through the use of Slowmation. The International Journal of Learning. 16 (6). http://ijl.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.30/prod.2238
• Hoban, G. (2007). Using slowmation to engage preservice elementary teachers in understanding science content knowledge. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 7(2), 1-9. http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss2/general/article2.cfm
• Hoban, G. (2005). From claymation to slowmation: A teaching procedure to develop students’ science understandings. Teaching Science: Australian Science Teachers Journal, 51(2), 26-30. http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.uow.edu.au/docview/207222274/citation

Book Chapter Publications

• Hoban, G. (2009). Facilitating Learner-generated Animations with Slowmation. In L. Lockyer, S. Bennett, S. Agostino & B. Harper (Eds.), Handbook of research on learning designs and learning objects: Issues, applications and technologies (pp. 313-330). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=7731&v=preface
• Hoban, G. (2008). Lights, Camera, Action! Using Slowmation as a Common Teaching Approach to Promote a School Learning Community In A. Samaras, C. Beck, A. Freese & C. Kosnik (Eds.), Learning communities in practice (pp. 45-58). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
• Kervin, K. (2006). Exploring the use of slow motion animation (Slowmation) as a teaching strategy to develop year four students’ understanding of equivalent fractions. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 7(2), 100-106. http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss2/general/article4.cfm
• Henness, N. (2007) Exploring the use of slowmation as a teaching approach to develop year 5 students’ understandings of the properties of matter and changes of state. B. Ed. Hons thesis. See http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an43056670
• Kervin, K. (2006). Exploring the Use of Slow Motion Animation (Slowmation) as a Teaching Strategy to Develop Year 4 Students’ Understanding of Fractions. B. Ed. (Hons.) thesis, University of Wollongong.

Refereed Conference Presentations

• Hoban, G., Nielsen, W. & McKnight, A. (2010) Linking Semiotics and Science Education: A Theoretical Framework for Slowmations (student-generated animations). Paper published in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne
• Hoban, G. & Nielsen, W.(2010). Using Semiotics to Articulate Constructionism: Learning Science though Designing and Making Student-generated Animations.Paper published in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Sydney.
• McKnight, A., Hoban, G., & Nielsen, W. (2010). Animated Storytelling about “My Special Place” to Represent Non-Aboriginal Preservice Teachers’ Awareness of “Relatedness to Country”. Paper published in Proceedings of Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Sydney.
• Hoban, G., McDonald, D., & Ferry, B. (2009). Improving preservice teachers’ science knowledge by creating, reviewing and publishing slowmations to the internet. Paper presented at the Society for Technology and Teacher Education: Proceedings from the 20th international conference Charlestown, SC.
• Hoban, G., McDonald, D., Ferry, B., & Hoban, S. (2009). Simplifying Animation to Encourage Preservice Teachers’ Science Learning and Teaching Using “Slowmation”. In C. Fulford & G. Siemens (Eds.), EDMEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (pp. 2838-2847). Honolulu: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Best Paper Award.
• Hoban, G. F.  McDonald & Ferry, B. (2009).  Engaging Preservice Elementary Teachers in Understanding Science Knowledge by Creating, Reviewing and Publishing Digital Animations. To be presented at symposium Slowmation: Student-generated Digital Animations Linking Science, Technology and Language Arts at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April in San Diego.
• Vratulis, V, Hoban, G Clarke, A. and Erickson, G. (2009). Multimodalities in Student-generated Animations of Science Concepts. To be presented at symposium Slowmation: Student-generated Digital Animations Linking Science, Technology and Language Arts at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April in San Diego.
• Keast, S. Cooper, R. Berry, A. Loughran, J. & Hoban, G. (2009). Using Slowmation to Stimulate Thinking about “Pedagogical Intent” in Science Teaching and Learning. To be presented at symposium Slowmation: Student-generated Digital Animations Linking Science, Technology and Language Arts at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April in San Diego.
• Hoban, G. F.  McDonald & Ferry, B. (2009). Improving Preservice Teachers’ Science Knowledge by Creating, Reviewing and Publishing Slowmations to Teacher Tube. To be presented at the annual meeting of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, April, Las Vegas.
• MacDonald, D., Hoban, G. (2009). Science Content Knowledge through the Use of Slowmation.  Paper presented at The Learning Conference, Spain.
• Hoban, G. F., & Ferry, B. (2008). Creating, Reviewing, and Publishing Digital Animations to Develop Preservice Teachers’ Science Knowledge. Paper presented at the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
• Hoban, G. F., Ferry, B., Konza, D., & Vialle, W. (2007). Slowmation: Exploring a new teaching approach in primary science classrooms. Paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association, University of Wollongong.
• Hoban, G., & Ferry, B. (2006). Teaching science concepts in higher education classes with slow motion animation (slowmation). Paper presented at the E-Learn 2006 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education, Honolulu, Hawaii. http://www.editlib.org/toc/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.ViewAbstract&paper_id=23947