Norsk Medietidsskrift has released a volume dedicated to innovation pedagogy. The special issue aims to normalise exploring new technology in media education, strengthening students’ adaptability to a dynamic professional landscape.
The latest edition of Norsk Medietidsskrift explores the evolving field of innovation pedagogy featuring a double issue with six peer-reviewed articles. This special edition, titled Innovation Pedagogy: A Method for Utilizing New Technology in Media Education, is a collaborative effort led by guest editor Lars Nyre in partnership with editorial member John Magnus Ragnhildson Dahl. The TekLab community, comprising researchers from the University of Bergen, Volda University College, and the University of Stavanger, made a substantial contribution to the issue.
How to Navigate New Technology?
The articles explore how media education should address the constant technological changes impacting both the media sector and higher education more broadly.
There is a need for teaching methods that equip students with critical thinking, technical skills, and adaptability for their careers spanning the next 50 years. But what should these methods entail? This special issue features articles and an essay offering diverse answers to this important question.
Overview of the Articles
Access the articles via the links below. The majority are in Norwegian and all are available Open Access:
Introductory article by Lars Nyre: Innovasjonspedagogikk. Ein metode for å ta i bruk ny teknologi i medieutdanningar.
Kjersti Sivertsen: Å fremelske innovasjonskompetanse. Utforsking av ny medieteknologi med elever på videregående skole.
Joakim Karlsen & Tore Marius Akerbæk: Å kode nye medieuttrykk
Kjetil Vaage Øie & Fredrik Håland Jensen: Undervisning uten eksperter. Didaktiske dilemmaer i medieundervisning gjennom fremvoksende teknologier
Sigmund Trageton & Lars Nyre: Diskusjon i undervisninga og podkasting i vurderinga. Eit forsøk på å styrka studentanes munnlege engasjement i møte med skjermteknologi og ChatGPT.
Roy Emanuelsen & Hans-Olav Hodøl: Kommunikasjonsutdanning – for dagen i dag og dagen i morgen.
Rucha Tulaskar, Andy Opel, Markku Turunen, Ivar John Erdal, & Audun Klyve Gulbrandsen: Through the Looking Glass: Exploring the Metaverse for Teaching Media Education in Real-Time International Collaboration.
Zulfikar Fahmy: Making movies in the air. Adapting traditional storyboard techniques to drone film and virtual reality (VR)
The guest editors also highlighted a research paper by Rebecca Nedregotten Strand, published in Norsk Medietidsskrift No. 4/2024: «Learning by diving» – innovasjonspedagogikk i praksis. Mediestudentar på gyngande museumsgrunn.
Innovation Pedagogy
Innovation pedagogy involves deliberately exposing students to significant uncertainty, equipping them with the skills needed to navigate transformative innovation. Most of the articles in this special issue focus on methods to achieve this.
The Danish researcher Lotte Darsø has written extensively on innovation pedagogy. She states: “It is about helping students learn to live with perpetual uncertainty in a fragile world full of paradoxes that cannot be solved. They must be educated to believe in themselves, to have self-esteem, and to motivate themselves” [translated] (Darsø, 2019: 15).
This pedagogical approach enables students to take an active role in managing new technology. Rather than being passive observers of expert explanations, they become participants in shaping their own education.
The aim of this special issue is to normalise the exploration of new technology in media education and, over time, to enhance students’ ability to navigate an unpredictable and complex professional environment.
The article was originally published in Norwegian, and later translated into English with minor edits by the Managing Editor of NordMedia Network.
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