This paper introduces materials developed and used during the Spring Semester of 2020 at a university in Chiba, Japan. The course was developed from the need to rapidly move all courses at the university online during the abrupt shift in scheduling (i.e., moving from a 15-week semester to an 11-week semester) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent stay-at-home-order mandated by the Japanese government. Students in the course were asked to produce five, three- to eight-minute videos of skill-based content, ranging from Poetry to Argument. Students received extensive feedback. A questionnaire was at the end of the course to gauge learner response. Most feedback from the participants was positive.
Keywords: situated learning, advanced learners, complex tasks, cultural literacy, video production
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