Teresa Potter, Instructional Technology Specialist Ursuline College11/19/2014

Studies have shown that multimedia content delivery positively increases student performance.

Some examples:

1. Medical Students: Better performance in operating room and less study time required (Friedl, 2006)

2. A test of different video lecture types showed positive impacts on student learning across all types of video lectures (Chen & Wu, 2015)

3. Students typicall remember images more efficently then what they read or hear (Shorter & Dean, 1994)

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“ Considering individual learning styles is more important that instructing all learners with one style”

(Chen & Wu, 2015, p.109)

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Lecture Capture

Voice Over

Picture in Picture

There is no easy answer to this questions.

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1. Instructional goals

2. Needs of content

3. Best practices

4. Resources available to you a. Time

b. Help

c. Technology

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Part of their learning process, not the whole process

Can and will watch and rewatch to understand – less need to repeat yourself

Limited attention span – some say 5-10 minutes, others say 20-30 minutes. Just be intentional.

Don’t reinvent the wheel: Look to see if someone else has already made the video and given permission to share

1. Be concise

2. Be organized

3. Split long topics into shorter segments

4. Make a plan

1. Outline a lecture capture video and use cue cards

2. Write a scrip for voiceover presentations

3. Use printed notes to accompany an on-screen presentation

4. Start with an overview, goals, and/or objectives

Remember: Your lecture is not the WHOLE lesson.

It should be accompanied by readings, other multimedia, activities, assignments, projects, etc.

1. What type of recording best suites your content and the resources available?

2. What equipment do you need? Do you need help using it?

3. How will you display the multimedia resources to your students?

4. Will you be editing? Do you want help editing?

Your recorded lecture will be shorter than you in-class lecture. This is okay (and probably a good thing).

Seek to delivery the needed content to meet learning objectives

Students will have to work harder to understand the material if the media quality is low. This takes away from the attention they should be giving to the presentation.

Doesn’t need to be professional quality, but needs to not distract form the content.

Media center resources

Ask for help with choosing equipment to purchase

Test your recording and presentation process before starting to produce large chunks of content.

Use a conversational tone

Test audio and video before recording long sessions

Review recordings frequently

Don’t be afraid to start over, or to backup and re-record a section.

Don’t deviate from the script

1. Review ALL recordings for quality

2. If possible, have someone else review for clarity

3. Perform any editing

4. Produce or upload in the format you will share

Test everything.

Offering information that is equivalent to media content is the law

…but equivalent is complicated, and you are not alone in this responsibility.

Best practices:

Provide written outlines and scripts along with the videos if you used them.

If feasible, have video transcript produced. Work with URSA on this.

If feasible, use Youtube/Vimeo/Panopto captions feature.

Tool Useful Features Price

Snagit Screen Recording in MP4 format $30

Camtasia Screen Recording and robust but easy editing tools $170

Jing Screen recording, but can’t edit. Limited to 5

minutes and restricted sharing options. A good and

easy to use tool, but has lot of restrictions.

Free

Power Point

Record Tool

Record audio over a Power Point.

Make sure to publish to video!

Free in Power Point

WebEx Record webinars, can publish to video. Free for up to 3 people.

Talk to Teresa for larger groups.

Chen, C. c., & Wu, C. (2015). Effects of different video lecture types on sustained attention, emotion, cognitive load, and learning performance. Computers & Education, 80108-121.

Friedl, R., Höppler, H., Ecard, K., Scholz, W., Hannekum, A., Öchsner, W., & Stracke, S. (2006). Multimedia-driven teaching significantly improves students’ performance when compared with a print medium. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 81(5), 1760-1766.

Shorter, Jack D., and Robert L. Dean. "Computing in Collegiate Schools of Business: Are Mainframes & Stand-Alone Microcomputers Still Good Enough?." Journal Of Systems Management 45 (1994): 36-36.