Online Lectures
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Online Lectures lecture lec· ture ˈlek(t)SHər/ noun 1. an educational talk to an audience, especially to students in a university or college.
Online Lectures This is not a lecture! Participation is required
Good Elements of Lectures Sound, lighting, video quality is important Be succinct and appropriate length Learn to be a good presenter; but cut your losses Focused preparation (at least an outline) Accessibility is helpful for everyone Definition:Video/audio/text that presents content and simulates interaction Group 1
Definition: not instruction or providing guidelines providing content, context, and stories delivered through verbal or visual language of the instruction Group 2 Good Elements of Lectures • Video with a connected purpose (quiz or discussion) • Summation and lecture note • Weave into other modalities • Give assignments – formative learning activities • Use best practices for PPT, don’t clog the cognitive process Bad Elements of Lectures • Do video for video sake • Not longer than 6 to 10 min • Text stands on its own, does not constitute a lecture • PPT by itself not a lecture
Good Elements of Lectures Share objectives – Keep in mind throughout lecture Concentrate information Take advantage of online pedagogy Chunked into digestible segments – time limits Have a reason for the lecture Mix it up Consistency of style Repetition of content Opportunity to scaffold/coach Know where lecture fits online (domain specific/ Interactive component First 10 seconds are crucial Definition: It can be a video, audioor even PowerPoint. The manner in which content is transmitted from the instructor to students. Group 3 Bad Elements of Lectures • Try and reproduce traditional lecture online • Wildly complicated images • Having too much content smashed into screen • Forcing a lecture where it’s not needed • Social element missing (is it necessary?) • Repetition of content
Bad Elements of Online Lectures • Classroom recording • Audio issues • Dry presentation • Repetitive • Constant panning of camera • Writing on the board is hard to read • Narration is boring, use some intonations • Delay of graphics on slides with the narration • Color Scheme • Branding of slides is too much • Background noises • Consider aspect ratio • Avoids the camera • Poor editing • Corny, Humor is a double-edged sword Group 4 Good Elements of Online Lectures • Hand written math problems • Good examples to relate to the subject • Keep the screen clean • Great Audio, no background noises • Length of video • Natural voice • Removed classroom techniques in the video (repetitiveness) • Engage the camera • Background in live video is not busy • Avoids live classrooms • Avoids scripts • Live shoots have professional studio looks