Comments on: Learning to teach through video

By: LIBR 246 Week 12 Post « phowie50

LIBR 246 Week 12 Post « phowie50 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:15:36 +0000

[...] Law Library has recognized this population’s need and created “Finding Forms.” Leeder (2009) states that “[w]hen beginning a new video tutorial, the most critical elements are the most [...]

By: informatlinoverload

informatlinoverload — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:52:19 +0000

[...] give on instruction and new technologies. During library school, I found their extensive post on Learning to teach through video to be very helpful as a distance [...]

By: Viral Notebook » Lights. Camera. Action! Creating video to enhance instruction

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:40:15 +0000

[...] have found through my recent experience, planning is one of the most important parts of creating video for instruction. It is vital to begin with a [...]

By: pligg.com

pligg.com — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:43:16 +0000

Learning to teach through video | In the Library with the Lead Pipe…

It’s a truth so many of us keep in the dark corners of our lives as instruction librarians: we were never taught to teach. We’re not unusual, really, and…

By: Nadaleen

Nadaleen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:02:11 +0000

This is a great summary, thanks! Also, thanks for the shoutout-I’m Nadaleen, author of: Tempelman-Kluit, N. (2006). Multimedia Learning Theories and Online Instruction. College & Research Libraries, 67(4), 364 – 9.
I love the Common Craft video examples as a good example of less is more. I actually tried a few of these type of videos for the library, and the process highlighted just how hard they are to make, and how much expertise they involve.

Here’s an example of me and one other person mucking about to make pretty awful Common Craft *type* vidoes with library content: http://www.nyu.edu/library/resources/ntk/movie/teaching_lib.html

Just as we-Instructional Design Librarians-aren’t trained in learning theory, we are also not technical experts in all things. I think to make such videos great, you’d need to work with a graphic designer and filmaker.

Anyway, food for thought and thanks again for a great post!

By: Friday Link Round Up « ellie <3 libraries

Friday Link Round Up « ellie <3 libraries — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:26:58 +0000

[...] Learning to teach through video [...]

By: Derik Badman

Derik Badman — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:59:07 +0000

Even better, a repository of the videos as raw material (video clips, audio clips), so that different libraries could remix their own version (with their own specific logos/peculiarities… kind of like NIN releasing songs for fans to remix in Garageband.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:36:58 +0000

Fantastic article Kim. Thanks for summarizing and sharing. I think more of us could also be using what’s already out there and good as opposed to creating new mediocre. Going on some of the collaboration ideas from Jean’s post, I’d love to see a curated repository of exemplary instruction videos that would could direct students to. I know there are a number of places collecting instruction videos, and even specifically library instruction, but I haven’t seen one with a quality control mechanism or with explicit please copy this licensing.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:03:00 +0000

this is cool. but man, creation (meaning “quality” creation) is really time-consuming. shooting a simple video with narration isn’t too hard with some rehearsal, but this professional production stuff is a full-time gig. a couple of years ago, I presented a program for creating flash-based instruction using Powerbullet and Wink (free software) for simple instruction (the files are still accessible here, http://www.pbclibrary.org/SEFLIN/energize.htm), but I haven’t gotten into video editing. before I became a librarian, I thought I would be a media specialist, so I took a few eduction classes, and before that, I thought I could get into TV so I had some production training, so the theory for video production and instruction is still in my brain, somewhere (maybe). and about converting ppt to video (re: “Ron says”), I save the slides as size 14.2 x 10.7 jpgs (matches a 1028 x 764 resolution screen) then use Nero VisionExpress that came with my DVD-burner to make video shows with pretty-good slide transitions. I have one in VCD format that plays on a cheap DVD player and it runs all day on an old TV in the teen area. (sorry, to go on so long..) thanks again.

By: Kim Duckett

Kim Duckett — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:58:12 +0000

Thanks, Kim! This is a wonderful overview of best practices in instructional video creation! It’s perfect content to share with librarians new to video projects as well as a good reminder for those who have been working with video for awhile.

I particularly appreciate your great overview of cognitive load theory, which I also view as critical to keep in mind (but you sum it up much better than me).

I second your point that video isn’t always the answer. It’s really hot right now and we librarians are all over it, but it can’t always be the right packaging for instructional content. For one thing, a video channels the user’s experience in a linear way when maybe what they really need is to scan text or images for the content that jumps out at them as most helpful. I think video is good for “show and tell” training (i.e. how to use a tool) and, in some cases, to tell a narrative that might be complicated or overwhelming to read.

Here’s a great example of the narrative genre that I just came across today:
Open Access 101

- Kim