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Discover essential elements of online lectures, from good practices to common pitfalls. Learn how to engage students effectively through video, audio, and text formats. Understand the dos and don'ts to create impactful virtual learning experiences.
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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