This weekend was a surreal experience for me. As a newly minted PhD, I was able to return to my alma mater and deliver the keynote address at the induction ceremony for the oldest multidisciplinary honor society in the country! I was invited by my friend and mentor Dr. JoAnn Canales, Dean of Graduate Studies at…
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…
Panelists: Christopher Nyren: Founder of Educelerate Inc. @cnyren Ryan Craig – University Ventures – author: The Great Unbundling of Higher Education Matthew Greenfield: Managing Partner at Rethink Education Session: http://schedule.sxswedu.com/events/event_EDUP41683 _____________________ Notes from the session at SXSWEDU. 3 very different investing styles. Ryan Craig has invested in higher education and the money has shifted from the University to…
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…
I was lucky to have been a part of a very, very messy learning experience this holiday season. This learning experience was not a MOOC but rather a connectivist learning experience called “a happening” per Mike Caulfield. The happening was a semi-structured community learning experience using Federated Wiki as an authoring tool. The goal of the happening,…
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.…
Posted July 5, 2013 on The Faculty Commons: The demand for online courses has increased dramatically–so has the number of faculty teaching online. Online pedagogy has evolved over a short period of time, creating challenges with changing delivery methods, training, support, and course development. As faculty reflect on their experiences, are they satisfied teaching in the…
Humanizing Online Instruction: An analysis of the literature regarding the Community of Inquiry Ice, P., Curtis, R., Phillips, P. & Wells, J. (2007). Using Asynchronous Audio Feedback to Enhance Teaching Presence and Students’ Sense of Community. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 11(2), 3-25. In this article, Ice et al. (2007) state student satisfaction is…
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:
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
What social media tools should instructors use to engage students outside of the LMS? Here are 4 simple examples of how to engage students using readily available and mobile friendly tools. Blogging Having students blog about their learning is a great way to chronicle their experiences and reflect on the overall process. The more students write the…