Video Investigation and Solutions Modeling: Ecosystem Health Grand Challenges (A Case Study)

Abstract

This chapter describes a case study of the student-created media assignment for the Grand Challenges Course (Ecosystem Health) at the University of Minnesota whereby students created a video that blends the video investigation and solutions model genres requiring background information, multi-perspectival stakeholder analysis, systems mapping, a proposed innovative solution, and unintended consequences related to an Ecosystem Health challenging topic. Additional chapter coverage includes the collaboration between the instructional team and project support staff; library research, and media creation support provided; final project assessment criteria; and the rich benefits of these projects that in some cases resulted in long term transformative effects for the students, instructors, and project support staff that continued beyond the classroom walls.