Talking Head videos' ' a cautionary tale

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Talking Head videos.. a cautionary tale

• Tessa Owens
• Senior Learning Teaching Fellow

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Where have they been used?

• Sport
• Business
• EEEYMS
• POLICE MANAGEMENT
• BUSINESS STUDIES
• Education

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Why have they been used?

• To supplement resources for students studying at
  a distance
• To save teaching time allowing discussion
  time.
• To capture Guest Lectures
• To provide visual case studies
• To provide arguments
• To allow students to watch the video
• More than once
• When they feel like it

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Examples

• John Phillips Police Leadership and Management
• Pat Hughes Education
• Tessa Owens EEEYMS Level I Managing People

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A small research project

• Business Studies undergraduates were told of the
  use of Talking Head Videos in their programme.
• 120 students only 4 negative responses

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BUT..

• Following the first DVD lecture students were
  asked their views
• Over 80 of students had not watched the video!
• Do you want the next one? 100 - YES!

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The moral of this story ..

• Carefully design the feedback loops for your
  Talking Heads.
• Create activities which students discuss in class
  time (or online) in a systematic way.
• Constantly refer to these resources and remind
  students to watch them.