Presentation delivered by Dan Semi, D2L Solutions Engineer, at the Brightspace Illinois Connection on April 7, 2017.
Connection held at Parkland College.
2. YouSeeU in Brightspace
Virtual Classrooms
Engage in real-time
discussions with groups
of learners
Integrated web
conferencing
Video Assignments
Authentic assessment
through video
Use video to assess and
coach learners’ skill
development
4. increased learner motivation
enhanced learning experience
higher marks
deeper learning of the subject
learner autonomy
teamwork and communication skills
opportunities for staff development
and more…
VIDEO IN EDUCATION HAS
PROVEN BENEFITS
Source: http://www.uq.edu.au/teach/video-teach-learn/ped-benefits.html
5. More HE institutions are realizing these benefits
7.5%
9.5%
6.3%
9.6%
5.7%
7.7%
9.2%
11.9%
13.7%
9.9%
7.7%
9.0%
All Institutions Public Universities Private Universities Public 4-yr Colleges Private 4-yr Colleges Community Colleges
Estimated Percentage of Classes Using Video Lecture
2014 2015
Source: Campus Computing Report, 2015
6. Virtual Classrooms tool
Integrated web conferencing that
helps instructors engage learners
in 2-way conversation over video
Embed sessions directly into courses
alongside other materials
Schedule, deliver, and record live
sessions right from within the LMS
Use for live discussions, office hours,
video-based training, and more
7. TRADITIONAL ASSESSMENTS
• Written responses or multiple choice
• Right-or-wrong answers
• May test knowledge, but often don’t
test application of skills
TRADITIONAL CLASSROOMS
• Requires in-person attendance
• Time constraints on feedback
• Difficult to scale to include all
students in larger classes
It’s hard to effectively teach and
assess many of these skills.
8. Video Assignments tool
Structured video assessments to
evaluate learners on speeches,
presentations, and more
Record, upload, and grade video
assessments without leaving the LMS
Allow learners to practice, record, and
submit video-based assessments
Add time-stamped comments and
coaching, or peer-to-peer feedback
Notas del editor
Brightspace has several learning-focused video solutions, to help you incorporate video into your organization’s learning experience.
Brightspace Capture is our multimedia presentation solution. It lets you stream and record lectures or presentations.
Virtual Classroomss is our integrated web conferencing tool. It lets you engage in real-time discussions with smaller groups of learners over video.
Video Assignment is our integrated video assessment tool. It lets you use video to assess and coach learners through presentations, speeches, and other authentic assessments.
Video note is our built-in media recording tool. It lets you record short videos from your webcam, and embed them directly into course materials, assignments, or grades.
We all know this is a great idea. But if you’ve tried using web conferencing – you know it’s hard. That’s why we don’t do more of it.
The administrative tasks are just too much a hassle: Managing Calendar invites; Entering Email addresses; Recording and Uploading sessions.
When you have to do all of the administrative tasks -- Managing Calendar invites; Entering Email addresses; Recording and Uploading sessions – outside of the LMS, it’s a real hassle. So you just end up not doing it.
What about video in education?
Video in education has proven benefits, and it makes sense in all kinds of ways.
Here are just a few of the benefits listed, but we know that it improves learning and better engage learners. We know it presents instructional content using media that is easily consumed and digested. And we know it allows instructors to reach a wider audience of learners (e.g. distance ed), as well as to take advantage of new trends in education – such as blended learning or classroom flipping.
Video is a great tool for (1) engaging students with the content; and (2) supporting different teaching methods.
Source: http://www.uq.edu.au/teach/video-teach-learn/ped-benefits.html
In Higher Education, we see more and more institutions are realizing these benefits.
The most recent Campus Computing Survey study shows the continued growth of video in HE: video lecture is growing across all types of HE institutions. This is increasingly important for HE institutions as they deliver Hybrid, Flipped, and Online courses.
Clearly, there is a need for video in education.
Source: Campus Computing Report http://www.campuscomputing.net/sites/www.campuscomputing.net/files/CC2015%20-%20Exec%20Summary%20&%20Graphics.pdf
(Note: Percentages are approximate as this is a reconstructed graph.
With the Virtual Classrooms tool, we’ve made it easy to use two-way video to engage learners. It helps instructors leverage the full potential of video in education.
Powered by YouSeeU, one of the leading virtual classroom tools, Virtual Classrooms adds integrated web conferencing capabilities to the Brightspace Learning Environment.
Use it for live, two-way discussions, video-based training, office hours, and more.
And because it’s baked into the LMS, you can do all those administrative tasks right from within Brightspace: schedule, deliver, and record live video conferencing sessions. Recorded sessions can be seamlessly embedded into a course alongside other learning materials.
When you don’t have the right tools, or the resources to teach these skills, it’s hard to do.
Traditional assessments are often written response, true/false, or multiple choice with one right answer.
Those types of assessments may work well for evaluating certain types of knowledge, but they don’t do as good a job testing application of learned skills.
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Sometimes there are assessments that do evaluate these effectively: speeches, presentations, role-plays, etc.
However these often require traditional classroom settings with in-person attendance. That means there’s only so much time that can be dedicated to actually practicing and assessing these skills, and only so much time an instructor can devote to providing feedback.
It becomes even more difficult as the class size increases. Maybe group presentations happen instead of individuals to save on time. Maybe only certain students get to participate in role plays while the others observe.
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In any case: teaching and assessing these skills is difficult; even more so in an online-only environment.
With the Video Assignments tool in Brightspace, we’ve made it easy to add video-based assessments to your courses.
Powered by YouSeeU, one of the leading virtual classroom tools, Video Assignment adds integrated video assignment capabilities to Brightspace Learning Environment.
The tool lets you create structured video assessments so you can evaluate learners on speeches, presentations, and more.
Learners can record, and re-record their videos from their webcams
Instructors can add time-stamped comments to submissions, or even open it up to peers for peer-to-peer feedback.
And the workflows are all incorporated into Brightspace Learning Environment – you can record, upload and grade these video-based assessments all without leaving the LMS.
It gives you a way to deliver assessments in a medium that today’s learners use extensively, and is specifically designed for a learning context.