12 Ways Video is Being Used in Education
In addition to the LearnCamtasia.com site, where Lon and I share our video screencasting techniques and online courses. I also enjoy teaching Camtasia Studio in person in a live classroom setting whenever I can. It’s wonderful to see the awe and excitement when the students create their first video and then become inspired as to the ways they can bring the knowledge back to their job. Last week I was teaching Camtasia and PowerPoint to 12 members of the Fulton Country School System here in Atlanta. Some of the students were in HR and some were teachers who were using Camtasia as part of their “flipped classroom”.
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The way most professors are flipping their classrooms is by taking what used to be their lectures and putting them on video with PowerPoint and having students watch those at home prior to the class. Then during class they will have the students discuss the material in teams or do other engaging activities to interact with the materials. This results in less bored students and more real learning.
12 Video Styles Used in Education
As I researched how different schools were incorporating video into the pre-class “homework” I came upon a web page from Duke University that provides a great overview of the various styles of videos you can create, the benefits and drawbacks of each kind as well as the associated cost.
If you are planning on creating an online course I think you will really get a nice big picture of all of your video options and what it takes to create each one.
There is really no perfect choice from their examples, although some methods are going to be much more expensive than others, and may require more of a team effort and special equipment. For example, universities often have Audio/Video Departments that have the equipment needed for on site interviews. Most courses that I’ve watched online tend to focus on the recorded presentation with picture in picture and/or images in the background. Many will add animation. This can all be done quite nicely in Camtasia and PowerPoint.
One thing the list seemed to be missing was what I would call “Recorded Website or Software Application” , but that might have just fallen under “Recorded Presentation” where the recording of the teachers screen (whatever was needed) would simply be part of the presentation.
If you have any examples/links you’d like to share from schools or of your own videos using any of these techniques please let us know if the comments. Do you agree with the costs associated with each method?
