Tag: YouTube

Lights, Camera, Learn! Best Practices For Sharing Videos During Class  

Reading Time: 6 minutesLet’s be honest—lecturing for 60 or 90 minutes straight is tough on students and faculty alike. Research shows that student attention begins to drop after about 20 minutes of passive listening (Bradbury, 2016). That’s why integrating active learning strategies is so important—and one of the most effective tools in your teaching toolkit is video.  Whether it’s a short documentary clip,...

Finding Videos

Reading Time: 4 minutesVideo is an engaging way to draw learners in, diversify instruction and model skills. Finding and curating accessible, captioned videos for learning is becoming easier every day. Choosing Videos The medium of video is not inherently effective for learning, so be aware of how to choose videos that will help students achieve learning outcomes (Brahme, 2017). Brahme considers three factors...

Creating Videos with Panopto

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is Panopto? Panopto is your one-stop video shop! This YouTube-like video platform lets you create, edit, share and organize any course-related videos you create. Captioning is automatic (but could use your help sometimes). Integrated with eConestoga and tied to your gradebook, you can use it as a video storage and sharing tool, or set up video assignment submission folders...