Tips to Create an Interactive Video Material
Pedagogical Benefits of Video Based Learning
Video-Based Learning is one such example of a creative and interactive instructional strategy. Students could improve their learning performance by through visual examples also it allows them to interact, explore and assimilate the concepts at their own pace. Furthermore, the interactive features of modern video materials could be used to promote ‘active learning’ approach with the online software ‘Edpuzzle’. Although there are numerous benefits of using video materials into teaching-learning practices of higher education, few are mentioned below.
· Accelerates self learning among students through technology
· Supports evidence-based learning
· Suits for ‘Flipped Learning’ strategies
· Creates learning excitement, Increased student motivation, Enhanced learning experience and Develops avenues for higher order thinking
· Enables multi-sensory learning
· More recently, Willmot et al (2012) show that there is a strong evidence that digital video reporting can inspire and engage students when incorporated into student-centered learning activities.
· Increases learner autonomy and supports to learn by their own pace
· Learning resources for future cohorts to use
· Video resources can be re-used anytime
· Video material suits for all types of learning styles or learner categories
Tips to Create an Interactive Video Material
1. Pre-planning is essential for best outcomes or quality video
2. Adopt or warm with styles of video presentation by watching few quality videos
Suggestions to warm-up
1. Please watch a video lecture of a good example like from Edureka – A E-Learning Platform, Edex or Lynda.
2. List what elements you observed as good practices that you can copy or use in your video.
3. Be natural and engage in delivery
4. Choose the content, establish learning objectives for both interactive segments and the lecture as a whole
5. Attention-grabbing in opening
Tips to grab the attention
a. You can start with application
b. you can start with example/analogy
c. you can start with learning motivation/learning objectives
d. you can start with visuals and animation
e. you can start with real time object/lab tools and instrument demonstration
6. Use a conversational style
The personalization principle by Richard Meyer - The use of conversation rather than formal language during multimedia instruction created a greater amount of impact on students’ learning. Because a conversational style encourages students to develop a sense of social partnership with the narrator that leads to greater engagement and grabs attention (Meyer, 2008).
7. Prepare a presentation or PPT with the main points you want to cover, and glance at each main point before you start the conversation (please avoid clumsy text)
8. Once the instructor is ready for the actual video recording, a conversational style can help to establish a professional level of quality. This includes looking directly at the camera for at least half of the video, speaking naturally rather than reading a script as such, and adopting a confident posture.
9. A conversational style that expresses the instructor’s personality through humor, stories, gestures, and references to past experiences can also increase the level of personalization.
10. Bring the opportunity for personalization via showing visuals such as books, arts, or other objects related to the course.
11. Immediacy
Use of communication behaviors both verbal and non verbal (facial expression, eye contact, posture, proximity, and touch) that reduce social and psychological distance between two individuals. Use the word ‘we’ to foster an increased sense of closeness among learners.
12. Videos can be an effective tool in your teaching tool kit. When incorporating videos into a lesson, it’s important to keep in mind the three key components of cognitive load, elements that impact engagement, and elements that promote active learning. Luckily, consideration of these elements converges on a few recommendations:
· Keep videos brief and targeted on learning goals.
· Use audio and visual elements to convey appropriate parts of an explanation; make them complementary rather than redundant.
· Use signaling to highlight important ideas or concepts.
· Use a conversational, enthusiastic style to enhance engagement.
· Embed videos in a context of active learning by using guiding questions, interactive elements, or associated homework assignments.
- Getting straight to the point
14. Use the pause button, while recording can aid a relaxed style and avoiding stressful need to start over, for example, when coughing, sneezing, drinking water or losing a chain of thought and needing to refresh your memory.
15. Keep it short- median engagement video recording time is 9-12 minutes
16. Integrate questions into the video using EdPuzzle
17. See examples of interactive videos in action.
https://www.snapapp.com/platform/examples
http://www.animate2explain.com/explainer-videos/interactive-educational-videos/
http://www.animate2explain.com/animation-videos/whiteboard-animation-videos/
https://www.wowmakers.com/blog/explainer-video-software/
18. Use B-Roll
B-roll is incredibly important in video post production. Not only does it keep things interesting, but it gives allows you to edit the interview without creating jumps. If the speaker trails off or uses a lot of filler words (those infamous “ums” and “uhs”), you’ll be especially thankful for b-roll in the editing process.
19. If the instructor chooses to edit the video after recording, this introduces an opportunity for additional branding, accessibility, and interactivity. A presentation slide with the Sri Vishnu Educational Society and VEDIC logo can easily be added to the start and end of the video for branding that can add to the feeling of legitimacy. Use Edpuzzle it provides the ability to add interactive elements to video, such as MCQ’s or short answer type questions.
20. Avoid using filler words like ‘ah’ ‘um’, ‘ok’, “Nothing But” in the conversation.
21. Impact of your video 7% comes from your words, 38% comes from your tone of voice and remaining 55% comes from nonverbal communication.
22. Enhance your confidence, energy level, be ready with suitable presentation style, flow of presentation, Introductions & Conclusions, Visual Aids and Delivery.
23. In front of mirror watch yourself making gestures, facial expressions, moving around a little.
24. Look at the camera during your recordings
25. Finally, practice, practice, practice!
Tips to Prepare a Presentation
Index Slide
Create an Index slide with your name, institution, department, designation, subject name and topic title. (Please your institution logo top-right corner)
1. Include one slide in the beginning listing the outline of the video lecture
2. Include one slide with all the terminologies
3. Plan well for each video material to grab the attention in the first 3 minutes of your video lecture
Tips to grab the attention
a. You can start with application
b. you can start with example/analogy
c. you can start with learning motivation/learning objectives
d. you can start with visuals and animation
e. you can start with real time object/lab tools and instrument demonstration
4. plan well for each video with smooth completion and provide food for thought/stimulus for higher order thinking
Tips to end the Video Lecture
a. You can use the same outline slide and summarize at the end of the video
b. You can end with Multiple choice questions either with answer or without answer
c. You end with open ended questions
d. You end with good questions
e. Ask the viewers to read the quality text book relevant to the topic which you covered (suggest the name of the text book with the page numbers)
f. Ask the viewers to watch the next video with title or you can suggest some other videos to be watched in the YouTube
g. Ask the viewers to solve set of problems (list out with final answers)
h. Ask them to refer list of URL’s for further learning
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