Teaching With Video Clips: TV, Movies, YouTube, and mtvU in the Classroom

How can video clips be used to improve learning in college courses? To answer this question, a review of the theoretical and research evidence on videos and the brain is first presented, followed by an extensive literature survey of the uses of videos over the past four decades in college courses. Those reviews revealed a glaring scarcity of solid evidence on the effectiveness of video clips. However, despite this lack of evidence, potentially they provide a best fit to the characteristics of this Net Generation of students and a valid approach to tap their multiple intelligences and learning styles. Concrete guidelines are given for using available video technology in the classroom, selecting appropriate video clips for any class, and applying those clips as a systematic teaching tool.

The use of clips can also attain 16 specific learning outcomes. Toward that end, 12 generic techniques with examples to integrate video clips into teaching across the college curriculum are described, such as the following: content and information; illustration of a concept or principle; presentation of alternative viewpoints; real-world applications; insert in collaborative learning activities; and motivation and inspiration. These techniques provide a wide-open opportunity to test the technology for video clips in your teaching to furnish memorable learning experiences for your students. Your application of the technology is limited only by your imagination. This workshop suggests a whole new world of strategies and challenges to your imagination.

This topic is available as a 1–2 hour workshop.

To find out more, email Ed Leach or call (480) 705-8200, x233.