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August 22, 2020Creating Effective and Engaging Videos – Principles and Practice (EP:17)
Creating Effective and Engaging Videos – Principles and Practice (EP:17)
With Metta Kuehntopp, M.Ed.
Video is a powerful platform to deliver online learning. When leveraged well, video enhances learners’ ability to synthesize and engage with educational concepts. So what makes a quality educational video? How does our cognition impact a practical and effective video design? How can we apply scientific principles and effective learning theory to create meaningful videos that make learners cheer? In this episode, Senior Instructional Designers Metta Kuehntopp and Stacy Craft chat through foundations of learning, pedagogically-sound practices and simple design recommendations to help you create effective educational videos.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Video Samples referenced in podcast:
Poor Quality Sample – Seneca Libraries “Example of a really, REALLY bad video” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvQSQzoOjo
Higher Quality Sample – “Two Circulations in the Body | Circulatory system physiology | NCLEX-RN | Khan Academy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K57qjYYjgIY
Articles
10 Tips for Creating Effective Instructional Videos – Higher Ed Teaching Focus Michael Smedshammer, PhD
LEARNS – How to Make Brain Friendly Learning that Sticks with Stella Collins
Guo, Philip & Kim, Juho & Rubin, Rob. (2014). How video production affects student engagement: An empirical study of MOOC videos. 41-50. 10.1145/2556325.2566239.
Brame C. J. (2016). Effective Educational Videos: Principles and Guidelines for Maximizing Student Learning from Video Content. CBE life sciences education, 15(4), es6. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.16-03-0125
Serembus, Joanne Farley EdD, RN, CNE; Murphy, Jackie MSN, RN, CPN, CNE Creating an Engaging Learning Environment Through Video Discussions, Nurse Educator: 3/4 2020 – Volume 45 – Issue 2 – p 68-70 doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000701
Effective Educational Videos Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
Videos
Cognitive Load Theory 3 – intrinsic, extraneous, germane. – 3 Minute Ed Theory
Chunking: Learning Technique for Better Memory and Understanding – Sprouts
31 min
June 05, 2020 Problem Based Learning and Team Based Learning – Your New Educational Super Strategy (EP:16)
Problem Based Learning and Team Based Learning – Your New Educational Super Strategy (EP:16)
With Diana Dolmans, PhD.
From workplace training to higher education settings, team based small group activities around problems are a staple. However, when we talk about the models of Team Based Learning vs Problem based Learning, how these interact, differ, where they come from, as well as how to implement them meaningfully, we can sometimes get lost. This can get especially complex when we move these strategies to a virtual environment. In this episode, Stacy Craft talks with esteemed Professor and researcher in the field of innovative learning arrangements Dr. Diana Dolmans from Maastricht University, the Netherlands to shed light on these complex topics as well as help us navigate new spaces that re-envision how we use these principles and translate them into practice.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Seven principles of effective case design for a problem-based curriculum
Should we choose between problem-based learning and team-based learning? No, combine the best of both worlds!
Implementation of modified team-based learning within a problem based learning medical curriculum: a focus group study
Problem Based Learning Stanford Commons
41 min
April 11, 2020Short Bite: Moving Your Classroom Online Quickly (EP:15)
Short Bite: Moving Your Classroom Online Quickly (EP:15)
With Stacy Craft, M.Ed & Metta Kuehntopp, M.Ed.
We revisit our last topic and condense it for you into a short bite. Learn about all the great strategies from the full episode, condensed into less than ten minutes. Across the globe, educators are being asked to move their curricula online practically overnight. This can be a very stressful challenge. Don’t fret though! There are some things that just about everyone can do to help make the transition a little smoother, and maintain some of the spirit of your original brick and mortar classroom. In this episode, Senior Instructional Designers Metta Kuehntopp and Stacy Craft summarize some of the things that you can do today to make this move.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Connecting with Students
Skype –Free Chat app – https://www.skype.com/en/
Zoom – Free meeting app, up to 40 minutes, there is also a pay option for unlimited time – https://zoom.us/
Google Hangouts –Free chat and video sharing app – https://gsuite.google.com/products/chat/
Slack – Free chat app with extended paid options – https://slack.com/
Building Community in Your Classroom
Screen-O-Matic – Free screen recording Web App – https://screencast-o-matic.com/
FlipGrid – Free Video Discussion Board App – https://info.flipgrid.com/
Open Board – Free Whiteboard App – https://openboard.ch/index.en.html
Voicethread – paid interactive discussion app– https://voicethread.com/
How to use Discussion boards – https://ipark.hud.ac.uk/content/discussionboards
Edublog – Free blog site for education https://edublogs.org/
Teaching with Blogs – https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-with-blogs/
Keeping Stress from Evolving into Distress: A Guide on Managing Student Stress through Course Design – https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/keeping-stress-from-evolving-into-distress/
Virtual Break out Rooms – When to Use it and When Not to – https://learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/addicted-to-virtual-classroom-breakout-rooms-get-help-now
Virtual Classroom Tool Design Basics: Breakout Rooms- https://blog.insynctraining.com/virtual-classroom-tool-design-basics-breakout-rooms
Tips for Using your Phone to Record Video – https://youtu.be/GM4SSnebhXU

Going Online in a Hurry! (Pedagogical Strategy and Support)
Responding to Novel Coronavirus: A Faculty Triage Guide for Decision Making – http://fensie.com/index.php/2020/03/16/responding-to-novel-coronavirus-a-faculty-triage-guide-for-decision-making/?linkId=85426935
Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist: QM – https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRzSgvQZDAbu9iG3Cxnq3D2hlxiUZrzwVRj94MGPVDvY9exqxiSgOkuhKxkexPSxb12cb3QNqDTWSIc/pub?linkId=85048993
Keep Teaching During Prolonged Classroom Closure – https://keepteaching.iu.edu/strategies/index.html
Keep Teaching Strategies and Considerations from Northern Illinois University – https://keepteaching.niu.edu/keepteaching/workshops/keep-teaching-strategies-and-considerations.shtml?linkId=85432419
Evolving list of resources from Universities and Institutions globally of resources for online/remote education information- https://mayocl.in/2Wt7EYM
Quick guide for Emergency Remote Instruction from Boston College – http://cteresources.bc.edu/documentation/emergency-remote-instruction/?linkId=85427957
So You Want to Temporarily Teach Online: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/03/11/practical-advice-instructors-faced-abrupt-move-online-teaching-opinion
Prepare to Move Online (in a Hurry): https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/03/10/prepare-move-online-continuity-planning-coronavirus-and-beyond-opinion
What is Online Learning; Hybrid Pedagogy – https://hybridpedagogy.org/tag/what-is-online-learning/?linkId=85541373
Get and Keeps Learning Engaged in an Online Classroom – https://learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/get-and-keep-learners-engaged-in-a-virtual-classroom?linkId=85048835
Teaching to Connect: Community-Building Strategies for the Virtual Classroom- https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1210946.pdf?linkId=84663015
Tips for Moving a Class Online Quickly – https://www.pearsoned.com/tips-moving-class-online-quickly/?linkId=84662741
9 New Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom
https://www.edutopia.org/article/9-new-ways-use-flipgrid-classroom
Preparing for Emergency Online Teaching: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Preparing-for-Emergency-Online/248230
Joint Response Regarding COVID-19 and Advice on Transitioning Face-to-Face Courses Online
8 min
March 17, 2020 Virtual Class Now! – How to Move Your Education Online in a Hurry (EP:14)
Virtual Class Now! – How to Move Your Education Online in a Hurry (EP:14)
With Stacy Craft, M.Ed & Metta Kuehntopp, M.Ed.
Across the globe, educators are being asked to move their curricula online practically overnight. This can be a very stressful challenge. Don’t fret though! There are some things that just about everyone can do to help make the transition a little smoother, and maintain some of the spirit of your original brick and mortar classroom. In this episode, Senior Instructional Designers Metta Kuehntopp and Stacy Craft chat through some of the things that you can do today to make this move.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Joint Response Regarding COVID-19 and Advice on Transitioning Face-to-Face Courses Online
Screen-O-Matic – Screen recording Web App – https://screencast-o-matic.com/
FlipGrid – Free Video Discussion Board App – https://info.flipgrid.com/
Zoom – Meeting App – https://zoom.us/
Open Board – Free Whiteboard App – https://openboard.ch/index.en.html
Collaborate Ultra – App Information – https://help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/Ultra
Voicethread – https://voicethread.com/
Articles
So You Want to Temporarily Teach Online: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/03/11/practical-advice-instructors-faced-abrupt-move-online-teaching-opinion
Prepare to Move Online (in a Hurry): https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/03/10/prepare-move-online-continuity-planning-coronavirus-and-beyond-opinion
9 New Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom
https://www.edutopia.org/article/9-new-ways-use-flipgrid-classroom
Preparing for Emergency Online Teaching: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Preparing-for-Emergency-Online/248230
43 min
February 28, 2020 6 Tips to Better Slides Right Now (EP:13)
6 Tips to Better Slides Right Now (EP:13)
With Special Guests
Slideshow presentations are a standard in education. We have all seen good slides. We have all seen slides that leave us fatigued, distracted, bored and confused. How can you make sure that your slides fall on the better side of this division? Join Stacy Craft and a panel of educational experts as they share six tips that can help you propel your slideshows excellence.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Top Ten Slide Tips – Garr Reynolds
How Can I Make My PowerPoint Presentations Amazing?
Adobe Color
Color Theory for Presentations: How to Choose the Perfect Colors for Your Designs
Electronic Slideshow Presentations in the Higher Education Teaching and Learning Process
Pixabay – Free Stock Images
Unsplash – Free Stock Images
Videos:
https://youtu.be/NvM4mnEIxuQ – Improving Your PowerPoint Presentations – Evidence Based Principles
20 min
January 22, 2020 Learning Styles – Unpacking the Myth (EP:12)
Learning Styles – Unpacking the Myth (EP:12)
With Tesia Marshik, PhD.
Let’s talk about learning styles! The idea that we learn better in our “preferred learning style” is pretty pervasive and has become part of popular culture. Scores of consumer sites sell and promote various examples and models, urging people to “find your learning style”. But, is there any evidence to support this? As educators, do we have a duty to follow the science? Join Stacy Craft and Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Tesia Marshik as they unpack the learning styles neuromyth, the culture around this popular idea, why it is harmful and how to persevere to create quality effective educational experiences that still allow learners to reflect on how they learn.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
The Myth of Learning Styles by Cedar Riener and Daniel Willingham
Stop propagating the learning styles myth by Paul A. Kirschner
Learning Styles as a Myth – Yale University
Daily Prompt: Learning Styles
Videos:
https://youtu.be/NvM4mnEIxuQ – The Myth of Individual Learning Styles with Dr. Robert Bjork
Learning Styles and the importance of critical self-reflection with Tesia Marshik – TEDxUWLaCrosse – https://youtu.be/855Now8h5Rs
Books:
How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman, Richard E. Mayer
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

41 min
December 20, 2019 What Learners Want – Motivations and Strategies to Enhance Education (EP:11)
What Learners Want – Motivations and Strategies to Enhance Education
With Michael Horn, MBA.
Do you know why your learners are choosing their education? Understanding the mindset of learners is an important insight to inform how exactly you design and deliver education. Join Stacy Craft and distinguished author, speaker and innovative educational expert Michael Horn, MBA as they chat expansively about learner motivation, its impacts on design choices, the ins and outs of blended and active learning, as well as personal autonomy and why rats who drive cars made of plastic bottles is so relatable.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Blended Learning Universe
Flipped Learning Network
33 min
November 20, 2019 Writing Quality Multiple Choice Questions – Theories, Tips, and the Titanic (EP:10)
Writing Quality Multiple Choice Questions – Theories, Tips, and the Titanic (EP:10)
With Patti Shank, PhD.
Multiple choice questions are ubiquitous in education. We all use them, and they are essential to assessing and gathering data of all sorts. But, are we doing it right? What does the research show about what we need to be doing better? In this episode, award winning author, former eLearning Guild Research Director, and education expert Patti Shank, PhD, chats with Stacy Craft about what it takes to create quality multiple choice questions, how to validate them, and why it is so important to outcomes. From immediate tips you can start using today to an in depth exploration of all things multiple choice – who knew there was so much to ponder about the art of multiple choice questions?
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Do THIS, Not THAT When Writing Multiple-Choice Questions by Patti Shank
Designing Quality Multiple Choice Questions -Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
Common Mistakes in Writing MCQs
Vyas, Rashmi & Supe, Avinash. (2007). Multiple choice questions: A literature review on the optimal number of options. The National medical journal of India. 21. 130-3.
Video
Writing Good Multiple Choice Questions – Presented by: David J. DiSantis, MD Recorded September 13, 2016 at RSNA’s Faculty Skills Update: Beyond the Podium—Tips for Teaching and Testing
https://youtu.be/uNW1ZVddu5E

35 min
October 21, 2019 Caring and Education – From Theory to Practice in Adult Education (EP:09)
Caring and Education – From Theory to Practice in Adult Education (EP:09)
With Whitney Kilgore, PhD.
The ethics of care, often referred to as “Care Theory”, is a theory and philosophy that encompasses the human experience as a whole. Pioneered by educationalist and philosopher Nel Noddings with the publication of her book “Caring” in 1982 along with continued work thereafter, Care Theory asks us to re-frame our approach to each other and our experiences through the lens of caring. But, why does this matter and how does it intersect with pedagogy and adult education? In this episode, iDesign co-founder, author, faculty, and researcher Whitney Kilgore, PhD, chats with Stacy Craft about what Care Theory is and why it matters as well as how to integrate caring into our individual educational strategies as well as on a broader scale.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
Nel Noddings, The Ethics of Care and Education
caring in education – Nel Noddings
Barrow, M. (2015). Caring in Teaching: A Complicated Relationship. Journal of Effective Teaching, 15(2), 45-59.
Salehian, M., Heydari, A., Aghebati, N., & Karimi, H. M. (2017). Faculty-Student Caring Interaction in Nursing Education: An Integrative Review. Journal of caring sciences, 6(3), 257-267.
Audio
Nel Noddings Interview – Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2012
31 min
September 19, 2019 Sticky Learning – What Binge Watching Teaches us About the Goldfish Myth (EP:08)
Sticky Learning – What Binge Watching Teaches us About the Goldfish Myth (EP:08)
With Julie Dirksen, M.S.
As educators, you have likely heard a lot about the limits of human attention span, maybe you even heard that cell phones have robbed us of precious mental faculties leaving us with less capacity than a goldfish. Truth be told, there are a lot of ideas out there around the topic of attention span as well as how to make learning materials effective (aka sticky). From goldfish brains to classroom theatrics to multi-hour media binges – what exactly is it that makes us engaged and learning stick? In this episode, designbetterlearning founder, instructional designer, and author of the book Design for How People Learn Julie Dirksen chats with Stacy Craft about strategies for creating ‘Sticky Learning’ and how that connects with our common misconceptions around attention span.
Questions? Feedback? Ideas? Contact us at [email protected]
Additional Resources
How to Make Brain Friendly Learning that Sticks
6 Tricks to Making Learning Sticky!
Teaching Tips – Sticky Learning
Baird, A. (2012). Sticky Teaching. [online] Association for Psychological Science – APS.
Books
Inglis, H., Dawson, K. and Nishioka, R. (2014). Sticky learning. Lanham: Fortress Press.
Videos
https://youtu.be/TSU11IVyK4A
https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/j0dkbaj4cq
You can follow Julie on Twitter at @usablelearning
36 min