Module 4: How to create videos for blended learning

Overview

The effectiveness of using videos to enhance student learning is well-documented, with research consistently showing improvements in student outcomes. Within the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework, videos are suggested as one of the "multiple means of representation" that educators can employ to cater to diverse learning preferences. Flipped learning often incorporates videos for self-directed learning prior to in-class activities, a practice we'll explore further by demonstrating how to create microlectures using ScreenPal or Kaltura Capture via My Media in Canvas and how to ensure compliance with closed captioning requirements.

This module will guide you through the fundamentals of video creation for your blended learning course, covering both the videos that cultivate your teaching presence and those that convey expertise through micro-lectures on your subject matter. We have chosen to focus on videos created by the educator in this toolkit but remember that you can get your students to create videos, in the same ways as we show in this module. You may want to give students the choice to submit video assignments. Sound files can also be recorded directly into Canvas or recorded using ScreenPal. However, for the sake of limiting pages in this module we focus on video creation.

Module objectives

Once you have completed this module you should be able to:

Describe how videos can be used in blended learning to promote psychological safety and humanize online learning environments
Create burner videos and reusable videos for your blended course content
Create a visualisation plan of when to use video to foster student-centered learning in a blended learning course

Module contents

How long this module will take to study depends on how much time you spend on writing reflections or following up links on each page. This module includes a number of instruction videos for how to create content and you may want to come back to them when the time is right to create a micro-lecture. But we would estimate that you would spend about 20 minutes per content page. Depending on whether you want to test creating a video you may spend 1-2 hours on this module.

Remember that this module in particular is a module that you may want to dip in and out of the module when you have time. If you want to gain a digital credential then you need to complete the reflection exercises, the self-test knowledge check and contribute to the summary forum.