Pecha Kucha format for eMOOCs conference talk yesterday in Mons, Belgium: Slide 1: It is my pleasure to share with you the design intent and iteration of the HumanMOOC. This course developed community while exploring the Community of Inquiry. The redesign included a competency based, badges first approach leveraging social media and asynchronous video. Slide…
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Online Community Building
The development of an online community takes an investment of time and energy. I call this an investment because it does pay dividends through the sharing and collective knowledge of the crowd. In #HumanMOOC, we explored building a community of inquiry by focusing on presence (teaching, social, and cognitive) and Dr. Rena Palloff specifically talked…
Synchronous vs Asynchronous Debate
On Sunday, March 22nd, I was joined by two brilliant ladies, Dr. Maha Bali and Dr. Peggy Semingson in a #HumanMOOC Google Hangout. We discussed the affordances and limitations of technology specifically synchronous and asynchronous communications in online courses. Dr. Semingson makes some good points about the personal attention that can be given to an…
Voice and Video tools – which one do you prefer?
This week in the #HumanMOOC the community shared their thoughts on how to enhance Instructor Presence using three different tools. They used the video recording functionality in Canvas to record an instructor introduction video and gather feedback from their peers, then we took to the web to utilize VoiceThread and FlipGrid. The VoiceThread below contains…
Dr. Phil Ice talks about the Community of Inquiry
In this interview of Dr. Phil Ice, we talk about what drew him into researching the Community of Inquiry in the first place. He explains how retention is tied back to social presence in online learning and explains how important teaching presence (or instructor presence) is at the start of a course. He discusses how important…
Instructor Presence on #HumanMOOC with @drchuck
Tonight Robin Bartoletti and I had the honor of talking with Dr. Chuck Severance. Dr. Severance shared some of his background and expertise in creating instructional videos that help establish instructor presence. He is such a delight to talk to that it was hard to keep it to 30 minutes. Some of the participants in #HumanMOOC were tweeting:…
Bring your Own Device 4 Learning
Next week a truly open learning experience will take place online and I’m honored to be a facilitator. Bring your own device for learning is a collaborative open event that kicks off with a Twitter chat on Sunday at 2pm Central and 8pm Central using both #txeduchat and #byod4lchat hashtags. The week of January 12-16 there…
Strategies for Providing Feedback in Online Courses
The video below is from The Center Moderator Michelle Pacansky-Brock discusses the power of the human voice (depth, warmth, and intonation) with two faculty who give feedback to their own students using video and voice. They share their own processes for giving feedback in this manner. Hangout Archive from: The Center Use Audio and Video Feedback.…
Video is EVERYWHERE! But is it any good? What videos do you watch and find compelling? Does production value matter?
Here are a few tips that you need to remember before producing video to add to your online course.
Rules of Thumb:
- Script it and Practice it
- Keep your video short (3-5 minutes)
- Relate the video to a specific instructional activity (assignment or assessment)
- Add only Audio or Visual elements that demystify content
- Production value matters when students are paying for the class
Create Compelling Instructional Videos
Use video strategically to explain key concepts, set expectations for assignments, tell students exactly what they need to do in your course, and of course to create a sense of instructor presence.
From research and practice we know that images or visual cues explain and amplify text which facilitates the recall of new knowledge and that using images to aid in learning assists with memory making. Video can aid in motivating learners by bringing the content to life in an online course, it can validate knowledge and even explain or illustrate difficult concepts.
Try new tools to create video:
TouchCast – This tool is not for the novice video creator it is a more advanced tool with really AMAZING functionality. And, they have taken the time to create a guide for educators.
Explain Everything – Tablet application for explaining everything. If you own a tablet you simply must try this app.
WeVideo – collaborative video creation tool for laptop or mobile device. Easy to use.
PowToon – Cartoon-ish animations made easy with drag and drop functionality. Easy to use.
For more information visit:
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/what-makes-online-instructional-video-compelling
http://www.linfield.edu/etci/digital-video-portfolio/why-use.html
http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/using-video-in-teaching-and-learning
Asynchronous or Synchronous? Which do you prefer?
The battle between synchronous and “A”synchronous communication tools This poll is closed, but you can see the results of a quick twitter poll on the use of synchronous sessions in online courses here: http://twtpoll.com/brv493cq58em9jx When I consider my experiences as a student, I much prefer asynchronous communication tools. This is not because I am an…