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Instructional Video Guide

Best practices for creating pedagogically appropriate video

  • Guide
  • Video Types
    • Demonstrate/Show
      • Situation
      • How to do or how someone does a process
      • Apply theory or concept
    • Explain/Tell
      • Concept or theory in a lecture
      • By interviewing an expert
      • Timeline of Events
      • Tour or Field Trip
      • Lesson, Unit, Module Overview/Summary
    • Experience (Immersion)
      • Interactive Simulation
      • Role Play
    • Communicate/ Remediate
      • Provide Feedback
      • Clarify Confusing Information
      • Live Two-Way Q&A Captured for Use Later
      • Summary/Lesson or Unit Review (Dynamic)
    • Introduce/Orient
      • Course, lesson, module or unit
      • Faculty to students
      • Difficult topic
      • Any type of activity
      • Context for course, lesson, module, unit, concept
  • Best Practices
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Role Play

This sub-type of video enacts with a concept or situation as a sample of a concept or idea. Students or inexperienced actors are used. Debrief on screen as to what happened. It can be used as an opportunity to try out an idea or concept, analyze the outcomes, and explain why it went the way that it did.

Low-Investment Video Example

Teaching Points

The script is very natural and ‘flows’ and it represents authentic session with a counselor.

Resources Typically Used

camera/tablet/phone

Low-Investment Video Example (plays in a new window)

High-Investment Video Example

Teaching Points

The video describes what will be seen in the video and the actions expected for this process. This video also activates multiple ways of learning by having people acting out what is being spoken.

Resources Typically Used

office/classroom set, multiple video cameras, multiple microphones, lighting and video editing software

High-Investment Video Example (plays in a new window)

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