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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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By interviewing an expert

This video sub-type shows a question and answer session or conversation with an expert regarding a particular concept or topic. It highlights the expert’s experience or expertise and/or point of view, at the knowledge and comprehension level.

Low-Investment Video Example

Teaching Points

In this video, the expert is able to discuss nuances of the field clearly. The expert is engaging, stays on topic, and presents the information in a natural way without seeming rehearsed.

Resources Typically Used

iPhone and tripod.

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

High-Investment Video Example

Teaching Points

This video has a nice introduction to what the expert will discuss. The expert quantifies his expertise and the moderator is able to transition to other topics and questions based on the previous answer.

Resources Typically Used

Professional studio, multiple video cameras, multiple wired lavaliere microphones, lights, risers and chairs, and video editing software.

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

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