Steven Barnes, a psychology professor at UBC, created a series of chalkboard animations for several of the courses he teaches. Rosie Redfield, quickly and effectively explains how influenza cells take up DNA, using candy and construction paper.ĭr. While stop motion is still time-intensive, it doesn't require anything more than the ability to take pictures and edit video. To create even relatively simple animations, like this one, used in ZOOL 250 at the University of Alberta, require huge investments in time and effort: you have to learn animation software, and then create the animation, to say nothing of the cost of the software.
However, most forms of animation require a lot of time and training. Stop motion animation using found objectsĪnimation is a great way to explain a complex process-learners can see it happening right in front of them. Student created: "For a novice learner, I have found that concise expository summaries do very little to improve learning - a key for me is to start with misconceptions and show how misconceptions can morph into a complete scientific truth."ĭerek Muller of Veritasium, in an interview with Nottingham Science on YouTube. Gary Hoban, Associate Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia, who developed Slowmation Instructor created: "Students can develop a deep understanding of a science concept by bringing together different ways of making meaning: researching content, storyboarding, making models, using narration, labelling key aspects, etc." Looking for learning/instructional design resources? Contact your CTLT learning/instructional designer, your Flexible Learning liaison, or your Instructional Support Unit for consultation. Working in WordPress? Have a look at UBC's CMS page, and register for one of the CTLT's WordPress dropin clinics.
It's also naturally engaging: people love watching inanimate objects come to life! On the positive side, stop motion animation doesn't require a video camera, can be done with almost anything, and allows for a fine degree of control over the subjects of the video. While 24 fps is a much higher frame rate than you have to use-2 fps will work well in most applications-stop motion projects take a long time to create. If each photo takes 30 seconds, creating a five-minute 24 fps video will take 60 hours. Each photo taken for a stop motion project is one frame. Stop motion can be extremely time-consuming: a video shot on a video camera usually runs at 24 fps (frames per second). Stop motion is a good choice if you want to create a small number of videos conveying complicated physical processes. Examples of stop motion used in education include Slowmation and blackboard animations. Between pictures, slight adjustments are made to the objects, creating the illusion of movement. Stop motion is an animation technique which allows static objects to appear as if they're moving, by taking individual pictures which are eventually run together like the frames of a film.