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Instructional Videos for Teaching and Learning

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Instructional videos, like movies genres, can have various styles and purposes. This chapter focuses on the six main categories of instructional videos used in higher education and training. Each category is analyzed by breaking it down into its components and then discussed using examples from online courses.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x#.VQz3wxDF-P8

  2. 2.

    https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/Education/OpenKnowledge/Fall2014/info

  3. 3.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/RiceX/PHYS102.2x/2015T1/info

  4. 4.

    For more information, see their website: http://www.thegreatcourses.com

  5. 5.

    For more information, see their website: http://ocw.mit.edu/

  6. 6.

    This will be discussed further in the next chapter.

  7. 7.

    See Sect. 2.1. (“Theoretical Background”) in the present work.

  8. 8.

    https://class.coursera.org/clinicaltrials-001/lecture

  9. 9.

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/business-strategy/outline

  10. 10.

    https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/Engineering/Compilers/Fall2014/info

  11. 11.

    See Chap. 4.

  12. 12.

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/public-speaking

  13. 13.

    https://novoed.com/rauh-finance/home

  14. 14.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:BerkeleyX+GG101x-2+1T2015/info

  15. 15.

    https://novoed.com/making-government-work/home?enrolled=true

  16. 16.

    https://novoed.com/rauh-finance/home

  17. 17.

    https://novoed.com/creativity/home

  18. 18.

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/principles-of-macroeconomics

  19. 19.

    https://www.coursera.org/course/chemhealth

  20. 20.

    https://novoed.com/creativity/home

  21. 21.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMoymqXB4Cs

  22. 22.

    Certain providers, such as Mediasite, give both a video and slide stream that can be navigated separately by the user. For more information, see their website: http://www.sonicfoundry.com/mediasite

  23. 23.

    https://novoed.com/rauh-finance/home

  24. 24.

    https://novoed.com/scaling-up-your-venture-without-screwing-up/home

  25. 25.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/RiceX/PHYS102.2x/2015T1/info

  26. 26.

    https://learn.canvas.net/courses/621

  27. 27.

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/internet-history

  28. 28.

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-south

  29. 29.

    Examples include Open English and TutorGroup; for more information visit http://www.openenglish.com and http://www.tutorgroup.net, respectively.

  30. 30.

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/childnutrition

  31. 31.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/MITx/15.390.1x/3T2014/info

  32. 32.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/MITx/15.390.2x/3T2014/info

  33. 33.

    The term “edutainment,” similar to the term “infotainment,” describes content that incorporates both entertainment and educational components. For more information, see: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edutainment

  34. 34.

    An example of this is the edX platform. For more information, see: http://www.edx.org

  35. 35.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/BUx/ASTR105x/3T2014/info

  36. 36.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/ColumbiaX/HIST1.3x/1T2015/info

  37. 37.

    This storytelling method is offered by the media company Interlude and their Treehouse software. For more information, see: http://www.interlude.fm. For the interactive video offerings by Hapyak, see: www.hapyak.com

  38. 38.

    https://novoed.com/venture1-2014-2/home

  39. 39.

    https://novoed.com/creativity/home

  40. 40.

    https://courses.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/HLS3x/1T2015/info

  41. 41.

    Bruce, J. (2015). Forget what you think you know about YouTube: Video is a small part in winning at online video. VentureBeat. http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/05/forget-what-you-think-you-know-about-youtube-video-is-a-small-part-in-winning-at-online-video/. Accessed 27 Apr 2018.

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Köster, J. (2018). Instructional Videos for Teaching and Learning. In: Video in the Age of Digital Learning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93937-7_3

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