The US Library of Congress has awarded a new grant to the Harvard X-Media Lab to expand upon the cross-media methodology using primary sources and to design new workshops and educator resources. Read more about plans here. (January, 2023)
Research Professor Robert L. Selman and Susan Johnson McCabe co-authored A "Cross Media" Model to Deepen Aesthetic, Ethical, and Academic Understanding, a working draft chapter on using the tripartite method of analysis (aesthetic, academic and ethical) in the context of enhanced access through streaming media today. Abridged version under review for publication by the Oxford Press (June, 2023)
Research Professor Robert L. Selman and Susan Johnson McCabe co-authored A "Cross Media" Model to Deepen Aesthetic, Ethical and Academic Understanding, a working draft essay on using the tripartite method of analysis (aesthetic, academic and ethical) in the context of enhanced access through streaming media today. Unabridged version (May, 2023)
Research Professor Robert L. Selman and Randy Testa co-authored “What is a Teacher without Stories?” Teaching with Cross-Media Stories to Deepen Professional Ethos. This chapter appears in The International Handbook of Teacher Ethos: Strengthening Teachers, Supporting Learners, edited by the late Fritz Oser, a leading light in the field of moral development and former HGSE Fellow.(September, 2021).
The HGSE Professional Education recently added a new course, Deeper Than Edutainment. to the Certificate in Media and Technology for Education program. It was developed in collaboration with the X-Media Lab and focuses on the pedagogy/best practices of using cross media for deeper learning (May, 2021)
Harvard Ed. magazine (Fall 2019) article looks at how print and flm both offer educational value: Tales Told Twice Through Close Cross-Media Comparisons
Mulitple ongoing research initiatives: The Promotion of Social Awareness across Cultures
Promoting social development: A Conversation with HGSE's Bob Selman
Field Study launches in Chile: Harvard -Universidad Adolfo Ibanez Cross-Media Collaboration
The Performance of Open-Mindedness Observed in Youth Operating Under Cultural and Developmental Constraints, presented at the Open-Mindedness & Perspective Conference
A cross-media literacy booster and launch pad for conversations, featured in Usable Knowledge: Black Panther in the Classroom
Research into teens’ experiences with technology and social media, featured in The Conversation: Is cyberbullying all that goes over the line when-kids are online?
How teens help each other navigate online stress, featured in Usable Knowledge: Digital Drama
Helping young people manage their digital behavior, featured in Usable Knowledge: Digital Risks
Research highlights, featured in Harvard Ed. Magazine: Movies, Books and "The Giver
"Without self-understanding and social awareness, moral action will always be at the whim of external forces." excerpt from article in EdWeek : Teaching Social Awareness Through Reading
School Climate, featured in the Harvard Educational Review: How Students’ Perceptions of the School Climate Influence Their Choice to Upstand, Bystand, or Join Perpetrators of Bullying )
Making the Case for X-Media in Classrooms (see pdf that follows)
