Using Videos For Learner Engagement

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Using Videos For Learner Engagement
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• Usage of videos in classrooms and in virtual
  learning has consistently raised during the last
  twenty to thirty years or so. Videos are not only
  used on a wide scale, it is considered largely as
  a creative and successful teaching method.

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• There are several teaching benefits of using
  videos in training students. This has been proven
  by several years of research studies conducted on
  the topic. Mayer, R.E, (the author of the book
  Multimedia learning. Cambridge published in the
  year 2001 by Cambridge University Press) stated
  that viewing might be considered to be a passive
  form of learning.

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• However this method of viewing would include
  higher levels of cognitive activities. We know
  that higher levels of cognitive activities are
  required for active forms of learning. In this
  way, multi-media messages of instruction which
  are designed well could encourage dynamic
  cognitive processing. 

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• This is notwithstanding the fact that students
  might appear to be idle behaviorally. Aiex, N.K.
  (in an article Using film, video, and TV in the
  classroom published in the year 1988 in ERIC
  Digest) stated that video training could be
  utilized to encourage familiarity with the
  linkages amongst modes such as captions, sound,
  movement and pictures.

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• Teachers who make use of videos in classrooms and
  in virtual training are of the view that such
  students are able to recollect additional
  information and comprehend ideas quickly. These
  students are more excited regarding the things
  they are able to learn using video training.
  Using videos in lesson plans, learners are
  frequently able to create new associations
  between educational topics. 

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• They are also able to find linkages of these
  subjects with the outside world. Since videos can
  convey enduring images, educators are able to
  communicate with children having various styles
  of learning. This is particularly applicable to
  the visual learners and to those learners having
  various styles of acquiring information.Further
  video training helps students to involve in
  critical thinking, investigative and problem
  solving exercises.

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• To conclude, it can be said that successful use
  of video training can be a greatly effective tool
  in virtual learning. Videos have several proven
  teaching benefits. Videos could incite students
  to think and analyze and watch again and again as
  much as required. Video training includes small
  pieces of information that are simple to
  assimilate. They draw in individuals emotionally.
  It incorporate maps, pictures, sites, people,
  maps, etc.