Goals: The primary goal of this institute is to provide university professors with the skills to create short, compelling videos on climate solutions related to their area(s) of expertise. Professors will learn how to craft engaging video stories, handle selected technical and aesthetic aspects of video production, and integrate video into their teaching practices. A secondary goal is to support the longevity of the Climate Responses and Response-Ability courses. Videos produced during the institute may be integrated into a faculty member’s upper-level courses within their own academic programs and/or selected by other faculty involved in teaching Climate Responses and Response-Ability.

Instructors (bios below): This institute will be facilitated by Media, Technology, and Learning Design (MTL) faculty Dr. Theresa Redmond and Dr. John Henson (Media, Career Studies, and Leadership Development- MCL) and QEP director Laura England (Sustainable Development).

$1500 Stipend: This Institute is a compensated professional development program offered to instructors who are willing to commit to the four-day learning experience and complete a video or a series of videos totaling eight to twelve minutes for use in the Climate Responses and Response-Ability courses.

Time Commitment: This institute will be held in the College of Education’s Active Learning Classroom (134) and Media Production Lab (142A). Participants can expect the following in terms of commitment, including a combination of learning activities, editing time, and solo work:

• Pre-work, April/May 2025: Participants will complete a six-hour LinkedIn Learning program; Premiere Pro 2025 Essential Training and download Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 on your university-issued laptop computer: independent in a location of your choosing.
• Tuesday, May 27, 2025 9am-4pm: in-person program in RCOE 134 and 142A
• Wednesday, May 28, 2025: 9am-4pm: in-person program in RCOE 134 and 142A
• Thursday, May 29, 2025 9am-4pm: in-person program in RCOE 134 and 142A
• Friday, May 30, 2025 9am-4pm: in-person program in RCOE 134 and 142A
  

Application: Please complete this Climate Solutions Video Institute Application Form by Friday, March 21, 2025 in order to be considered for one of twelve spots available in this workshop. Applicants will be notified of decisions by Friday, April 4, 2025.

Questions: Contact Laura England (englandle@appstate.edu)

Instructor Bios

Dr. Theresa Redmond is a Professor of Media, Technology and Learning Design in the Department of Media, Career Studies, and Leadership Development. Theresa is an award-winning teacher, widely-published scholar, and creative maker with expertise in media literacy, curriculum design, educational technology, and the arts. Her primary role is Professor of Media Studies at Appalachian State University where she teaches face-to-face, online, and blended courses across undergraduate and graduate programs. Theresa’s research examines preparation and participation in the context of new media literacies including digital and media literacies, expressive inquiry through remix, ecomedia literacy, and arts-based pedagogies.

Dr. John Henson brings a background in professional photography, video production, technology integration, and curriculum design to his work as Senior Lecturer in the Media, Technology, and Learning Design Program at Appalachian State. He teaches people to tell stories with both emerging and traditional forms of media; from designing video games and exploring virtual and augmented reality, to planning photo shoots and crafting fictional and documentary videos. John grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina, earning his B.S. in Commercial Photography and Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at Appalachian State University. He earned his M.A. in Educational Media and Technology at Boston University. Through teaching media studies, John’s goal is to empower and inspire new generations of learners to creatively tell the stories that matter to them and their communities.

Laura England began co-leading the Pathways to Resilience QEP in August 2023. She has taught the natural science that informs sustainable development at App State since 2010 and is a Practitioner in Residence in the Department of Sustainable Development. For more than a decade, Laura has applied her outreach experience and climate concern to cross-campus climate literacy efforts, including convening faculty from across the disciplines to explore climate curriculum possibilities and co-leading the Climate Stories Collaborative and the Climate Responses and Response-Ability course initiative. Before coming into the classroom, she spent seven years directing environmental sustainability programs in the non-profit sector. Laura earned an M.S. in Ecology and a Graduate Certificate in Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development at the University of Georgia’s School of Ecology. Always interested in thinking across the disciplines, Laura’s undergraduate work included a B.S. Environmental Science & Ecology and a B.S. Multidisciplinary Studies: Art & Values in a Technological Society at North Carolina State University.