Ruben Lijo

Hitachi, Ltd. · Hitachi Energy - Power Consulting

Sometimes creating our own videos for classes is too time and resource consuming. Internet is full of audiovisual resources that we might select as pedagogical aids. From all criteria one could follow to select suitable videos (clarity, duration, expositive tone, who is the author...), which aspects do you usually consider?

👨‍🏫 Are you teaching in primary, secondary or higher education? Do you usually use videos as complementary resource in your classes? I would like this ResearchGate space to serve us to enhance our classes, by discussing on the main benefits and inconveniencies encountered when trying to integrate videos as pedagogical aids. Let's share our experience!

👍 As per my experience in integrating videos in STEM disciplines, they have noticeably increased the interest of students in the subject, as well as their motivation. When using videos for both conceptual and procedural learning it is expected to find an increase in performance (which is reported in literature). In my case studies I haven't been able to isolate their effect because it was developed during covid-19 pandemics and there were many factors affecting students' performance. However, a combination between quantitative and qualitative data collection led us to infer that videos did imply a mitigating effect for the adverse effects of lockdown (this case study is part of my research publications).

👎 In terms of disadvantages, I find that the main drawback is the time and resources that teachers need to invest in the creation of such videos. In order to overcome this difficulty, it is true that the internet is full of audiovisual resources that we might take profit from. They are mostly coming from informal education (dissemination, outreaching activities...), but many of them comply with main quality standards described in literature for pedagogical use.

🔈 What is your experience in these regards? Do you count on additional resources or criteria when selecting video material? Is your experience it the classroom indicating any interesting phenomenon of video effects in students' motivation or performance? Please, share in this discussion. Let's build knowledge and share our experiences to enhance our teaching activity.

📚🔍 My research in STEM education is focused on some of these key aspects. I am open to collaborate in future case studies that might complement our experience and expertise fields. Don't hesitate contacting me through my ResearchGate profile.

Thanks for sharing!