Creating effective eTEACH presentations

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Creating effective eTEACH presentations

• Why and how to use eTEACH
• Gregory Moses
• Department of Engineering Physics
• Teaching Learning Symposium
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• May 31, 2007
• Madison, WI

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Outline

• What is eTEACH?
• Principles of teaching and learning
• Getting started with eTEACH
• Questions and discussion

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What is eTEACH?

• eTEACH is a web-based multi-media video
  presentation tool with powerful navigation
  features
• eTEACH was originally developed as a
  Microsoft-centric research project
• eTEACH 3.0 has been re-issued by DoIT as a
  multi-platform application

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eTEACH in actionCS 310 Engineering
Problem-solving with Computers

• Extensive web content
• Problem based
• eTEACH lectures
• Two labs per week
• Individual lab proctored quiz on past weeks
  team lab and current weeks content
• Team lab work on problems in 3-person teams,
  grade attendance (professionalism)
• Three exams, 7 homework assignments

CS310
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Three elements to learning
Conventional faculty view
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Three elements to learning
Actual result
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You get what you gradestudent learning is
driven by assessment
Corollary There is no optional.
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Tools of the TradeBlooms Taxonomy for Assessment

• Knowledgerestate information
• Comprehensionexplain concepts
• Applicationapply information
• Analysisanalyze a situation
• Synthesisintegrate and diagnose
• Evaluationjudge

Know what you want your students to know and tell
them what you want them to know.
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Seven principles of good practice in
undergraduate education

• Encourages contact between students and faculty.
• Develops reciprocity and cooperation among
  students.
• Encourages active learning.
• Gives prompt feedback.
• Emphasizes time-on-task.
• Communicates high expectations.
• Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.

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Getting started with eTEACH

• What are your learning objectives?
• What is the instructional design to meet your
  learning objectives?
• How does eTEACH fit into this instructional
  design?

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Getting started with eTEACH

• What do I do?
• Prepare a conventional lecture with PowerPoint
  slides.
• What equipment is needed?
• Video camera, microphone, lights, some form of
  teleprompting. Get equipment at DoITs Digital
  Media Center.
• Do I need a studio to shoot the video?
• No, it can be done in your office.

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Studio set up in my office
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LCD as teleprompterTwo cameras for
transitionsProfessional microphone helps
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Blue fabric as backdropSolid shirt enhances file
compression
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Getting started with eTEACH

• How much technical skill is required? Can
  students author the content?
• The hardest step is video editing. Students need
  four hours of training. eTEACH author is server
  application.
• Does it cost a lot?
• Equipment costs under 1,000 if you already have
  computers.
• How long does it take?
• 30 minutes to set up equipment. 1 hour to shoot
  20 minute lecture. 2 hours for processing 20
  minute lecture.

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eTEACH hurdles and experiences

• Getting comfortable with talking to camera lens
  is biggest hurdle.
• Repeat individual slides and not whole
  presentation. Tell editor about retakes.
• Forget about camera running.
• 55 minute class lecture is 20-25 minute eTEACH
  presentation.
• No extraneous comments or logistics
• Talk faster and allow for rewind and review
• Students prefer faster pace.

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eTEACH example

• Laboratory procedure demonstration
• PBJ

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Questions?