Academic excellence for business and the professions

Working with academics to create

video-based learning resources

Martin Agombar & Morris Pamplin

Learning Enhancement & Development

City University London

Educational Technology Team

Supporting academics and

professional services staff to use

educational technologies to

enhance students’ educational

experience and increase

engagement in learning

Multimedia team: Giving staff the

tools, support and confidence to

create and use multimedia

resources

Pedagogy Why

Technical support/

assistance How

Inspiration Networking Innovation

What

Law Distance Learning Project

Law

• City's first distance learning

programme, LLM

International Business Law

• Taught by visiting lecturers

and full-time academics

• First year of the programme

• Create high quality, re-

usable resources

Engineering Lab Demonstrations

Engineering

• Mechanical and Aeronautical

Engineering

• Approx. 150 undergraduate

students

• Large lab groups of

30-40 students

• Needed to address

engagement and

retention

Planning

• Aims of project

• Content, medium, format, quality

Pre-production

• Scripting

• Location scouting

• Storyboarding

Logistics

• Around 15 academics

• Visiting lecturers

• No experience necessary!

Guidelines

Expectations

• Initial scoping/planning

meeting

• Prepare an outline script

• Any diagrams or animations

that might help

• The video shoot lead may

give advice

Advice

• On how to appear best on

camera: stance, body

language, clothes, eye

contact

• Relax and take your time

• Know your content but don't

memorise your speech

Refrigeration Example Challenges

• How to explain complex

processes

• Limited time to prepare

lecturer

• Working without a script

Refrigerator Example Solutions

• Improvised shooting

• Shot out-of-sequence

• Extensive use of

Premiere!

Refrigerator Example Results

• Logical and clear

explanation of

refrigeration process

• Instrumentation

described visually

• Enormously time-

consuming edit!

Law Example Challenges

• To make personal

connection with students

• Large quantity of media

needed

• Location shooting

required

Law Example Solutions

• Lawyers spoke directly

to camera

• Efficient schedule

• Used blue-screen for

locations

Law Example Results

• Lawyers conveyed

enthusiasm for subject

• Video shot on single day

• Location stills provided

additional context

Results

Next...

Are we on the right track?

"It has improved engagement and understanding by 100%!"

"Use of video is crucial for showing work situations, use of knowledge

in content"

"Students particularly appreciate brief remote presentations with verbal

explanations of more complex material"