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1. Don’t just do it, do it right. The magic of an online video is that you have to do it well once. Because once you do it well, and put it online, it scales infinitely. It doesn’t have to be perfect (I get facts wrong, have brain farts, and the cuts in my editing are obvious) but it should be close to your best. To make it your best, see the next set.
2. Edit. Online teaching started with lecturers posting their live lectures for other to see. That’s great. Sharing is caring. But if the goal is to teach online, change your teaching practice to match. It takes me about 4 hours to plan the lecture on paper, practice at the board, record the video, then edit. It might be only a 20 minute video, but those 4 hours pay off huge.
3. Plan. I use a whiteboard because that’s the way I was trained to teach. But doing it that way forces you to think about what needs to be on the board. Powerpoints are for board meetings, not lectures. They allow you to put an infinite number of slides with an infinite number of words that doesn’t focus the learner. Remember that college course with 158 slides by 45 minutes? I plan on an 8.5x11 piece of paper. I move at a pace a learner can follow – they can take notes with me. And I only put on the board what is necessary to remember or to explain abstract concepts. If the whiteboard isn’t for you, then I suggest using a single powerpoint slide. No erasing, no changing, no flipping, simply add pieces of the slide as you progress.
4. Be visible. There’s pretty good research out there that shows that having a human visible increases memory and retention. Even if it’s just a hand doing one of those speed-motion videos, an 8.5 x 11 inch paper and a pen, or you at the board, being visible increases engagement (people pay attention), enhances retention, and makes the learner feel like you are teaching them.
5. Practice. OnlineMedEd is in its third iteration. I joke that there was a fire at google that housed the first videos’ cache. They were SO BAD my girlfriend, who was filming, fell asleep. The more you do it the better you get. It is nothing like being in front of an audience, using the students to move forward, drawing on their energy.”
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