Media Room Best Practices 8

About your Presentation

The videos should be the foundation for high order thinking, analysis, and application skills; they should be stepping stones towards the goals of the class.

Title the modules.

Have clear objectives for each section.

Provide examples.

Provide links to videos, websites, blogs, etc.

Provide links to reading.

Create short assessments to let students self check understanding.

Provide review options for wrong answers.

Help students process the information while watching the video by providing a note taking guide in the form of a pdf attachment.

Effective videos are 15 minutes maximum

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What to Include in the Video Presentation

Professor preparing the video lecture

Introduce yourself in the video. Show your personality, if you make jokes during a face to face lecture, do your jokes in front of the microphone. Tell students your expectations and ambitions for the video lecture.
Teach students how to watch the videos. Provide a rubric for notes, explain where to find the rubric, and how to take notes. Encourage students to concentrate on the video lesson and shut down other distractions such as other websites, music, or video games. Let students know that they can watch and rewind the video as many times as necessary and that they can take notes at their own pace.
Provide the name of the lesson and explain the structure. Introduce your topic. Provide ample examples, include links and videos that are relevant to the content.
Include quizzes in the presentations for self evaluation of understanding; provide multiple opportunities to review and pass the quiz. The idea is that the students get the concept and be prepared to participate in other faces of the class such as the face to face meetings.
Create a Blog for students to get in contact with each other and to ask and answer questions related to the class. Make it clear that the blog is for specific-lesson-questions and that they should keep it short and sweet. Assign a student assistant to monitor the blog and to to consult with you regarding deleting or hiding entries not directly related to class.

Require students to bring the notes to class and offer points for completion