Communicating With Video For Effective Learning

As teachers around the world move into online teaching and learning, we must consider ways to modify our way of teaching. Writing and communicating in an online learning environment, while making connections with your students, is a very important first step. This is the second episode in a two-part series.

Video can help students connect with the concepts and provide an opportunity for teachers to engage and add opportunities to connect with their students.

How will teachers adapt their teaching in order to communicate and engage learners? What materials will teachers develop to ignite motivation with students? How will connections and community be built via online courses?

In this episode, Sean and Kelly talk with Christopher Bailey from Real Python. We will share tips and techniques for developing quality online videos for learners.

Ten Tips for Developing Video Content online:

1. Make an outline
2. Use a table of contents
3. Use of slides and code editor
4. Short video lengths
5. Intro, teach, repeat
6. Recreating
7. Display the code -speeding it up
8. Try out a repl that works well (B python for code completion)
9. Remove the jargon make it audience specific
10. Find your pacing

"The goal of online communications is the same as the goal in face-to-face communications: to bond; to share information; to be heard, and to be understood. Fostering a sense of community in online classes will make the learning experience more meaningful for online students and help them stay connected during the life of the course."

From Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning

• The Real Python Podcast – Real Python — A weekly Python podcast hosted by Christopher Bailey with interviews, coding tips, and conversation with guests from the Python community. The show covers a wide range of topics including Python programming best practices, career tips, and related software development topics.
• About Christopher Bailey – Real Python
• Screen Recorder | The #1 Screen Recorder for Chrome — Whether you're brand new or a seasoned video creator, you'll find that Screencastify can do it all. Capture your tab, whole screen, or webcam only Embed your webcam anywhere in your recording Narrate with your microphone Record offline (no internet required!)
• DaVinci Resolve 16 | Blackmagic Design — DaVinci Resolve 16 is the world’s only solution that combines professional 8K editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in one software tool! You can instantly move between editing, color, effects, and audio with a single click. DaVinci Resolve Studio is also the only solution designed for multi user collaboration so editors, assistants, colorists, VFX artists and sound
• Amazon.com: Audio-Technica ATR2100x-USB Cardioid Dynamic Microphone (ATR Series): Musical Instruments — Handheld dynamic microphone with USB-C digital output and XLR analog output. Durable metal construction for long-lasting performance with smooth, extended frequency response perfect for podcasting, home studio recording, field recording, voiceover, and other content creation applications
• Amazon.com: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Studio (3rd Gen) USB Audio Interface and Recording Bundle with Pro Tools | First: Musical Instruments — The iconic Scarlett 2i2 is already sitting on the desks of a huge global community of musicians, producers and home-recordists. The Scarlett 2i2 Studio features a mic, headphones and all the cables. Scarlett 2i2 Studio is everything you need to create studio-quality recordings at home.
• Open Broadcaster Software | OBS — Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
• Fairmont Scottsdale Princess - Luxury Hotel in Scottsdale - Fairmont, Hotels & Resorts — The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess offers 750 richly appointed guest rooms, including two Presidential Suites, 66 Fairmont Gold Rooms and 122 Casitas. All accommodations throughout the hotel have well-defined living and work areas, terraces, refreshment centers and oversized luxury bathrooms. Enjoy these Five Diamond accommodations in Scottsdale with a soothing showcase of the subtle undertones, earthy accents and patterns of the Southwest.
• Camtasia: Screen Recorder & Video Editor (Free Trial) | TechSmith — Camtasia 2019 makes it simple to record and create professional-looking videos on Windows and Mac.
• Snagit = The Best Screen Capture Software (Free Trial) | TechSmith — Snagit lets you quickly capture a process, add your explanation, and create visual instructions.
• iShowU Instant | Awesome realtime screen recording for Mac OS X — Welcome to realtime screen recording like you've never seen before! iShowU Instant is the fastest, most feature filled realtime screen capture tool from shinywhitebox yet. It takes key features from both "Classic" and HD Pro, and merges them into a single product, making 'Instant' the only app you'll ever need to create recordings quickly.
• Smoke - The Amazing Hamster Storing Food - YouTube — Smoke - my hamster- stuffing her little cheeks with yummies for a late night snack. (Note, we're assuming this is Christopher's video)
• List Methods – Real Python — In this lesson, you’ll learn about the built-in methods that you can use to modify lists. List methods are different from string methods. Because strings are immutable, the methods applied return a new string object. The list methods shown here modify the target list in place and don’t have a return value.