{"id":779,"date":"2021-03-01T21:02:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/?p=779"},"modified":"2021-03-01T21:08:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:08:51","slug":"issue-2-23-best-online-video-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/2021\/03\/01\/issue-2-23-best-online-video-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 2.23: Best Online Video Practices!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4.png\" alt=\"Digital Dialogues Introduction Banner\" class=\"wp-image-553\" width=\"820\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4.png 820w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2020\/04\/Digital-Dialogues.-4-768x292.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Becky Cottrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why would you want to use video in your classes?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As we are teaching online, faculty have been asking a lot of questions about using videos in their classes.&nbsp; There are a lot of reasons you might add videos in your course. Adding videos to your online class can help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Increase instructor presence.&nbsp; Students are taking the course because they want to connect with YOU, their instructor.&nbsp; If they see your face and hear your voice each week, they will feel a connection with you, and know that you are present in the class. You can do this through longer lecture videos, or through short announcement or intro videos.<\/li><li>Synthesize information.&nbsp; Just as you provide a summary of main points in a classroom lecture, online students enjoy hearing your thoughts about the most important ideas in the course, and it can help them synthesize the things they are learning.<\/li><li>Meet different learning needs. Online classes can tend towards using a lot of text. Videos help to break up that text, and allow students with different learning styles the chance to engage in the course in a way that meets their needs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips for creating effective videos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong>Keep it short<\/strong>&#8211; typically 6 minutes or less is an ideal time.&nbsp; Multiple short videos are typically better than one long one.&nbsp; This makes it easy for students to stay engaged, and to locate information again later.<\/li><li><strong>Be intentional<\/strong>&#8211; create an outline for yourself of what you want to say so you don\u2019t ramble.&nbsp; You don\u2019t need to read from a script, but also don\u2019t want to go on a 4 minute tangent in a 6 minute video.<\/li><li><strong>Provide context<\/strong>&#8211; what is the educational purpose of the video?&nbsp; Providing some context on the page where you embed your video helps students know Why they are watching, and helps to motivate them to engage.&nbsp; This can be a simple statement that says \u201cThis video is a review of the main points from the readings for week 4.&nbsp; It will help you to highlight the salient points, and prepare to complete your discussion\/assignment\/activity this week.\u201d<\/li><li><strong>Use active learning<\/strong>&#8211; just as you wouldn\u2019t lecture without stopping for questions in class, you can help students engage in active learning activities in your videos.&nbsp; Ask questions, and pause to give students a chance to think.&nbsp; Post a lecture video in a graded or ungraded discussion to encourage them to ask questions and engage with the content.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like a little more information about videos, I found these two articles to be quite helpful!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/digital-learning\/views\/2017\/11\/08\/creating-effective-instructional-videos-online-courses\">Creating Effective Instructional Videos for Online Courses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/5-step-guide-making-your-own-instructional-videos\">A 5-Step Guide to Making Your Own Instructional Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Becky Cottrell Why would you want to use video in your classes? As we are teaching online, faculty have been asking a lot of questions about using videos in their classes.&nbsp; There are a lot of reasons you might <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/2021\/03\/01\/issue-2-23-best-online-video-practices\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Issue 2.23: Best Online Video Practices!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":853,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-dialogues","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}