Go Youtubing

Why should I use video in the classroom?

Video is authentic, motivating, accessible and familiar.

Account Subscriptions Channel Playlists - what do they mean?

YouTube Account: With a Youtube account, you can comment on videos, subscribe to channels and create playlists to organise your favourite videos. If you have a Google account you already have a YouTube account.

Channel: A YouTube channel is a homepage for an account. All YouTube accounts have a channel page that shows the account name, type of account, all videos uploaded and any information that has been entered by the user. Channels can be customised with banners and colours. Within a channel you also see playlists and activity logs.

Subscriptions: This feature allows you to customise the content you wish to see. By subscribing to channels you can see new content when it is uploaded. It will appear in the subscription feed on you Youtube homepage.

Playlists: A Playlist is a collection of videos. You may create several Playlists each with a different name. Videos may be added at any time to a playlist. Standard playlists include a ‘favourite’ playlist and a ‘watch later’ playlist.

Tips:

• Create playlists to "file" videos. Playlists can also be used to differentiate learning for groups of students.

• Save time by searching for playlists. How? type your search text followed by ,playlist Example: type teach like a champion, playlist in the search box to find collections of videos showing practical techniques that you can apply in the classroom.

• Customise videos to suit your context. Trim, add comments and questions to your youtube clips for improved learning with EdPuzzle . Read this case study to see how embedding questions in videos adds to learning.

• Give students an audience for their learning using digital creation tools eg Explain Everything.

• Use the Start At function (under share) to automatically start the video at a given point.

Challenges:

• Unregulated content which can be misleading, inaccurate, or biased, (Clifton and Mann, 2011)

• Excess information not relevant to the course or topic of study as well as gaps in the related information which may lead to incomplete or inaccurate understanding. It is important for students and teachers to sift through the clutter and identify videos that add value to teaching and learning (Fernandez et al., 2011; Marks, 2013; Stohlmann, 2012).

References

Students' Perspectives on YouTube Video Usage as an E-Resource in the University Classroom. Jackman, W.M. and Roberts, P., (2014). Journal of Educational Technology Systems. Vol 42, Issue 3, pp. 273 - 296. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2190/ET.42.3.f

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