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VIORIENT Digital Media Design for Learning

Tong Wang August 15th, 2020 Camillia Matuk Maaike Bouwmeester DMDL Thesis New York University tonewang.com/viorient tongwang@tonewang.com

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BACKGROUND

In 2018, New York University reported having a total of

Mainland China, mirroring its large share of students nationwide, is the most significant contributor to the number of international students on the NYU campus, with an estimated total of

17,552

7,216

international students on campus

students in total

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TOP 3 COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

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8000 7000

7,216

6000 5000 4000

2,961

3000

1,060

2000 1000 0

CHINA

INDIA

SOUTH KOREA

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PROBLEM DEFINITION Chinese international students may face a variety of challenges when they are adapting to a new environment, such as academic challenges, social isolation, cultural adjustment, and or any number of distinct obstacles related to language, culture, and personal barriers.

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02

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Mastering Essential Life Skills

Handling Academic Challenges

Distinct Problems

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Overcoming Sociocultural Adjustment

Maintaining Legal Status with USCIS

Individual Chinese students may face distinct problems during their studies in the US based on their own individual needs, & personal experiences.

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雷 慕嘉 Oliver Lei Age: 20 Hometown: Chengdu, Sichuan • • • •

He/ His/ Him Mandarin Chinese, English Photography | BFA 2024 NYU Tisch

Video Games, Television, Bird Watching Goals and needs 1. Making new friends on campus.

2. Looking for and trying trendy restaurants in New York City.

3. Looking for job opportunities on Campus.

4. Knowing where to buy camera equipment and art supplies.

Frustrations 1. Homesick 2. He doesn’t know how to build positive relationships with professors and classmates due to cultural barrier.

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邵 静宸 Tiffany Shao Age: 17 Hometown: Beijing • • • •

She/ Her/ Hers Mandarin Chinese, English Politics | BA 2024 NYU Arts and Science

Cooking, Reading, Music Goals and needs 1. Making new friends on campus 2. Visiting different galleries and museums in New York City 3. Learning how to you use public transportation in New York.

4. Learning how to enroll a performance class at NYU Ticsh.

Frustrations 1. Homesick 2. She experienced trouble forming friendships with local students due to cultural barriers.

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INTRODUCING VIOLET ORIENTATION

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2.0

2.0 1.0

Vi-orient is a digital media supported collaborative learning program that aims to effectively assist newlyarrived Chinese international students in adjusting to campus life at New York University.

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1.0

VIORIENT SETTINGS

Connect to advisors

Tutorial Video Courses

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Forum

Messages /Contacts

Personal Center

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CONNECT TO ADVISORS Key Words/ Program/ Degree

Natalie Wang

Madison White

BA - Journalism

MA - DMDL

Chinese/ English

Chinese/ English

Connect

Connect

Emma Lin

Ben Wu

MA - DMDL

BM | NYU Stern

Chinese/ English

Chinese/ English

Connect

Connect

CONNECT TO ADVISORS

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ACADEMICS

Pre

Next

00:12/ 03:00

1. Activating NYU Email Activating NYU Home

4min

2. Account

3min

3. Introducing NYU Albert

2min

4. Introducing Enrollment Status

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TUTORIAL VIDEO COURSES

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What’s on your mind?

Live

Photo

Hot Posts

Check In

Saved Posts

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FORUM

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Natalie Wang Hi Natalie, 我是Hugo.

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Write a message

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MESSAGES /CONTACTS

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Online

OLIVER LEI Advisor Application

Saves

Profile

He/ His/ Him English

MC NYU Stern

PERSONAL CENTER

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Admission Decisions

Before arriving in the US

PHASE I

PHASE II

Intervention starts here

New International Student Orientation

NYU OGS will e-mail and introduce Viorient to incoming Chinese international students

VIO RIENT

After arriving in the US

V I OR I E N T

June 1st

September 1st

Depart /Arrive

Apply for Visa from US government

JUNE

JULY

International students start handing a common set of multiple problems

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

•Submit I-20/DS-2019

•Submit transcript and test scores

•Submit photo for your NYUCard

•Make changes to meal plan

application

•Submit mandatory health forms

•Complete “AlcoholEdu: Part One”

•Last day to enroll in or waive NYU-sponsored

•Register for Commuter Overnight

online

•Student Health Insurance Plans

Retreat

•Complete “Think About It” online

•Complete “AlcoholEdu: Part Two” online

•Pay tuition bill or enroll in payment plan

Connect to Advisors

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Tutorial Video Courses

Tutorial Video Courses

Social Media

Social Media

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Contact/ Message

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01 INTEGRATED

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Provide multiple pathways for guiding Chinese international students to overcome a varied range of challenges

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ACCREDITED

EFFECTIVE

Fully managed and supervised by the NYU Office of Global Programs

Created based on theoretical lenses of learning science and design principals of cognitive science

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SAFE

TIMELY

Required participants in submitting a valid NYU Student Net ID to create an account

Provide the most immediate intervention since the first date that Chinese international students have accepted the offer of admissions

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ACCESSIBLE Aligning with the legal protocol of internet regulations in China, we create a new mobile social media platform that Chinese students can easily access in China and meet their informational needs.

Tailored to Chinese students’ specific needs linguistically and culturally.

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Design Rationale

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CONNECT TO ADVISORS

Natalie Wang

CONNECT TO ADVISORS Key Words/ Program/ Degree • Send | Aug 9, 2019

Vi-orient plans to motivate already experienced Chinese International students to coach newly arrived Chinese students in having a sensible and more straightforward transition into campus life.

Natalie Wang

Madison White

BA - Journalism

MA - DMDL

Chinese/ English

Chinese/ English

Connect

Connect

• Tong Wang | Aug 9, 2019

• Send | Aug 9, 2019

Natalie Wang Online

Emma Lin

Ben Wu

MA - DMDL

BM | NYU Stern

Chinese/ English

Chinese/ English

Connect

Connect

She/ Her/ Hers English BA | Journalism Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute

• Tong Wang | Aug 9, 2019

Write a message

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Efficiently understand one another

Incoming / newly arrived Chinese students

Experienced Chinese students No Linguistic Barriers

No Cultural Barriers

The experienced Chinese International students and the incoming Chinese students can efficiently understand one another with minimal to no linguistic or cultural barriers.

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Incoming / newly arrived Chinese students are facing

Difficulties Overcome Sociocultural Adjustment

Mastering Essential Life Skills

Handling Academic Challenges

Maintaining Legal Status with USCIS

Distinct Problems

Experienced Chinese students have already experienced

Transitioning/ Overcoming Difficulties

Experienced Chinese International students have already experienced the same difficulties which new Chinese students now face during this particular phase of the international student experience.

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The more seasoned and competent Chinese students can recognize the new Chinese students’ current functional ability and performance type which; ultimately providing the means which enable such learners to overcome their own limitations.

What the incoming / newly arrived Chinese students can do

Learning/ Developing

Capacity Begins

ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT

ZPD

What the incoming / newly arrived Chinese students cannot do

Capacity Developed

According to Vygotsky (1978), the zone of proximal development is a level of competence on a task in which the student cannot yet master the task on his or her own, but can perform the task with the right amount of guidance and support from a more capable partner (O’Donnell, and Silver, 2013, p. 44 ).

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THE FORUM Tone Wang 4 Hours ago

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SOCIAL MEDIA LEARNING AS PARTICIPATION

Relieve Midterm Stress with Brunch, Punch, and Chill!

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stress of midterms.

8:00 pm - 24:00 pm

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“A participatory culture is a culture with relatively low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement, strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations, and some type of informal mentorship whereby what is known by the most experienced is passed along to novices “ (Henry Jenkins, 2009, p. 3 ).

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THE FORUM Tone Wang 4 Hours ago

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GENERATING LEARNING CONTENT 00:12/ 03:00

曼哈顿华埠 CHINATOWN

唐锅 Tang Hotpot

华埠（俗称华埠或唐人街） 是美国纽约市曼哈顿的一个地区。

位于曼哈顿唐人街，与毗邻的门面相比，唐锅的门面 更是有种幽雅且低调的奢华感，让人匆匆扫去，却不 觉得格格不入，可让人情不自禁陷在那如盈盈秋水般 的万家灯火之中。

Address: 135 Bowery, New York, NY 10002

Address: 135 Bowery, New York, NY 10002

Phone: (917) 421-9330

Phone: (917) 421-9330

Chinese international students can play active roles and generate learning content through words, sounds, images, and videos; as well as and share their creations among other Chinese students through the provisions of social media.

For instance, Chinese students can act as food bloggers to recommend different restaurants in the Lower East Side to their followers. They can describe the delicious food through words and images, and they also can add photos to show the interior design of the restaurants. They can

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also record a short video to share aspects of their service and overall experience a t the restaurants. Their contributions are essential for new Chinese students who are looking for quality restaurants, or for those who are just interested in l earning more about the Lower East Side.

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TUTORIAL VIDEO COURSES ACADEMICS

ACADEMICS

Pre

Key Words/ Program/ Degree

1 2

Next

Essential Life skills

Academics 00:12/ 03:00

3

Sociocultural

4

Visa and

Adjustment

Legal Identity

1. Activating NYU Email

4min

2. Account

Activating NYU Home

3min

3. Introducing NYU Albert

2min

4. Introducing Enrollment Status

2min

In the tutorial video courses, Vi-orient is dedicated to guiding novices in overcoming a varied range of challenges which arise during the initial phase of adaptation to New York University, by introducing one to essential campus resources & services, by offering sources of appropriate guidance, and by both encouraging & enhancing one’s practical skills.

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Chapter 1.

Essential Life Skills 1.

Support students to understand how to use NYC public transportation

2.

Support students to know How to ride the subway

3.

Support students to know How to ride the bus

4.

Support students to recognize grocery stores,

Chapter 2.

Acdemic Challenges 21.

22.

Guide students to activate NYU Email

23.

Guide students to search for classes and register

24.

supermarkets, and pharmacies in NYC 5.

Guide students to apply for on campus housing

6.

Guide students to seek off campus housing in

8.

Guide students to open a bank account in NYC Guide students to open a mobile account in NYC

9.

10.

26.

27.

Introduce students to primary American beliefs

Guide students to identify relevant academic

33.

Introduce students to the expectations of privacy

Support students to understand how to get to

35.

Guide students to recognize “the U Curve,” and the stages of cultural adjustment

36.

Introduce students to controversial topics/ political issues in the US

37.

Support students to understand gender Identities

engagement

38.

Support students to understand gay Marriage

Describe and demonstrate an understanding of

39.

Support students to understand abortion

the principles of academic integrity 29.

40.

OGS 41.

Introduce Flushing, Queens and provide

42.

15.

Support students to know what to do in Flushing,

Describe and demonstrate the basics of keeping legal status in the US as an F-1 or J-1 international student

43.

Guide students to identify their own visa type

44.

Guide students to identify their 4 essential immigration documents

45.

Describe and demonstrate the basic requirements to work legally in the US

46.

Describe and demonstrate the requirements to work legally in the US and responsible citizenship within and beyond the campus community

47.

Introduce students to regulation of sexual harassment, and remind students of completing

Describe and demonstrate differences and

the sexual respect training module: https://

similarities between the Chinese and the U.S.

www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/

higher education system

sexual-respect/prevention-and-training/sexualmisconduct-training-for-students.html 48.

guidance to students to visit Flushing, Queens 14.

Remind students attending an OGS Mandatory Check-in (F-1 and NYU-sponsored J-1 only)

Chinatown 13.

Introduce students to OGS and guide students to find and use the contact information to reach

Introduce students to University Clubs, and encourage students to attend on-campus events

Guide students to identify appropriate campus

in NYC

Support students to know what to do in

34.

Guide students to identify and apply strategies

the academic experience, goals, and campus

28.

and personal space

Remind students enrolling in 12 units or more

resources and opportunities that contribute to

Chinatown.

12.

32.

for academic success

students to visit Chinatown 11.

on Albert

each semester, (required to maintain visa status.)

Chapter 4.

Visa/ Legal Status

adjustment and coping skills Introduce students to primary American values

graduate study 25.

Offer students resources related to cultural

31.

Guide students to do laundry at a Laundromat

Introduce Chinatown and provide guidance to

30.

policies, processes, and procedures related to

NYC 7.

Guide students to activate NYU Home Account

Chapter 3.

Socio-Cultural Adjustment

Introduce students to minimum legal drinking age

49.

Introduce students how to apply for learner

Queens

permit and driver’s license and restrictions of

Support students to understand how to get to

permit and driver’s license

Flushing, Queens 16.

Introduce students to NYU Student Health Center

17.

Guide students to schedule an appointment with the doctor at NYU Student Health Center.

18.

Support students to understand the importance of NYU students health insurance plan and how to access their insurance card online.

19.

Guide students to fulfill the immunization requirement

20.

Introduce different methods of paying for tuition and guide students to pay for tuition in different ways

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Memory Out Memory In Dirksen, J. (2015)

I'm looking for student clubs at NYU, where can I find them?

Where is the NYU library?

What is an I-20/DS-2019?

How do I apply for an on-campus job at NYU?

What's the effect of arrest on my immigration status?

Do F-1 and J-1 students need health insurance to study at NYU? How do I register for classes?

How can I get an NYU ID Card?

What do I need to do once I reach the US?

How do I pay for classes?

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TUTORIAL VIDEO COURSES

SENSORY MEMORY

Words

Ears

WORKING MEMORY

Selecting Words

Sounds

Organizing Words

LONG - TERM MEMORY

Verbal Model Integreting

Pictures

Eyes

Selecting Images

Images

Organizing Images

Prior Knowledge

Pictoral Model

Motivation & Metacognition

DUAL CHANNEL Our underlying concept is that human learners possess a dual-channel, limited capacity, and active processing system.Thus we are taking advantage of both pictorial and auditory modes of presentation. Video tutorials in multimedia learning are based on a dual-channel assumption.

People learn more deeply from words and pictures than from words alone (Mayer, 2014, p.43).

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TUTORIAL VIDEO COURSES ACADEMICS

Pre

ACADEMICS 5.

Next

Introducing Online Course Registration (Albert)

2min

5.1

Searching for Classes and Register on Albert

2min

5.2

Change of Schedule

2min

5.3

Refunds for Withdrawals

2min

5.4

Auditing A Course

2min

5.5

GRADES

2min

5.6

Computing the Grade Point Average

2min

5.7

W Grade

2min

5.8

Pass/Fail Option

2min

00:12/ 03:00

1. Activating NYU Email Activating NYU Home

2. Account

4min 3min

3. Introducing NYU Albert

2min

4. Introducing Enrollment Status

2min

SELF-PACED LEARNING With self-paced learning, new Chinese international students can determine to take the course they need and arrange their own schedules instead of learning within a structure that was placed for them by an instructor.

SEGMENTING PRINCIPLE We dedicate to break down the large segments into smaller segments. The detailed term that is commonly used with the segmenting of information is breaking everything down into bite-size segments. Segmenting principle means the way complex lessons are broken into smaller parts, which are presented one at a time (Clark & Mayer 2011).

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Dirksen, J. (2015). Design for how people learn. New Riders.

Jenkins, H. (2009). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. Mit Press.

Wenger, E., White, N., & Smith, J. D. (2009). Digital habitats: Stewarding technology for communities. CPsquare.

O’Donnell, Angela M., and Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver. “Introduction What is Collaborative Learning?: An Overview.” The international handbook of collaborative learning. Routledge, 2013. 13-28.

Vygotsky, L. (1978). Interaction between learning and development. From: Mind and Society (pp. 79-91). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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