 Definition of Video

 Brief Background
 Types of Video
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Tips for Creating or using in the classroom
 Collaborative Activity
 A movie, television show, event, etc., that has
been recorded onto a videocassette, DVD,
etc., so that it can be watched on a television
or computer screen. – Merriam Webster
 The recording, reproducing, or broadcasting
of moving visual images.
 A recording of moving visual images made
digitally or on videotape.-Oxford
 Video technology was first developed for
mechanical television systems, which were
quickly replaced by cathode ray tube (CRT)
television systems, but several new
technologies for video display devices have
since been invented.
 1950’s-the first commercially successful
video tape format for broadcast used.
 1970’s-Sony launches the first video cassette
format, UMATIC(reaching the UK in 1973).
 1980’s-Sony introduces the BETACAM
CAMCODER, the first integrated camera and
video recorder, for professional use.
 1990’s-Sony ceases production of BETAMAX
VCR’S for the US market (1993)
 2000’s-worldwide production of DVD-video
discs surpasses that of VHS tapes (2002)
 2010’s-Sony announces that it will discontinue
the PLAYSTATION portable, the only device that
used Sony’s own UMD (Universal Media Disc)
optical disc that could contain video games,
feature length-length films, or music (2014)
 Educational Videos-are excellent examples of
teaching and learning concepts.
 Promotional Videos- differ from instructional
and educational videos in that they’re
targeting a very specific viewer and speaking
to their needs, then presenting a solution and
concluding with a ‘call to action’, asking the
viewer to take action.
 Informational Videos- These are the most
simplistic types of videos – cut and dry
information delivered as succinctly as
possible.
 Documentary Films (and Video)- The
definition of a documentary
film is “nonfictional motion picture intended
to document some aspect of reality, primarily
for the purposes of instruction, education, or
maintaining a historical record.” (Wikipedia).
 Entertainment Videos- entertaining videos
simply for entertainment’s sake.
 Reduce Cognitive load
 Makes the course interesting and engage
learner effectively
 Helps visual learners retain information
effectively
 Imparts interpersonal and behavioral skills
 Takes time to write the script. Furthermore, it
is expensive to record and edit the video
 Low quality videos distract the learners
 More bandwidths is required to access videos
and takes longer to load
 Some video formats such as .flv are not
supported by modern operating systems
 Trigger interesting and unique discussion
 Use videos to inspire themed reflections in
form time
 Access high quality educational instruction
videos for free
 Play videos of poets reading their own works
 Use short clips from documentaries to
provide context to a topic
 Take advantage of YoutubeEdu
 Find clips to use as an archive resource
 Create playlists to help with future lesson
planning and share among your department
 Engage visual learners with your lesson
content
 Set an assignment that requires students to
research and make their own videos to be
later played in class
 Demonstrate experiments
 Set a video watch homework to prepare
students for new material in the classroom
 Used video Infographics as a compelling way
to introduce a lot of information in a short
amount of time
 Set a research assignment
 Honing listening skills
 Group the class into 2 let them guess the title
of the movies presented within 30 seconds
 First to guess 4 out of 6 movies wins