Interactive videos provide  1) opportunities for students to actively participate in the video lecture by responding to question and discussion prompts 2) robust analytics that show data by student including responses to questions, viewing time, date / time viewed, 3) allow students to rate the video and for faculty to incorporate the results into their teaching, and 4) create opportunities for students to comment and generate discussion around the content and concepts viewed.

1. INTERACTIVE VIDEO FOR
TEACHING & LEARNING
Professor Kristen Sosulski, Ed.D
New York University Stern School of Business
@sosulski ks123@nyu.edu kristensosulski.com

2. Introduction
• Many universities and colleges support faculty in the
development of robust video lectures. Short videos can
replace long lectures.
• However, how does one know if students are actually
watching the videos?
• The Education Group @ the W.R. Berkley Innovation Lab
evaluated several interactive video solutions.
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3. What is interactive video?
Interactive videos provide
• 1) opportunities for students to actively participate in the video
lecture by responding to question and discussion prompts
• 2) robust analytics that show data by student including
responses to questions, viewing time, date / time viewed,
• 3) allow students to rate the video and for faculty to
incorporate the results into their teaching, and
• 4) create opportunities for students to comment and generate
discussion around the content and concepts viewed.
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4. Products reviewed
• Zaption
• eduCanon
• Edpuzzle
• Exaltive
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5. My favorite was ZAPTION!
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6. HOW DOES IT WORK?
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7. How do students interact with
the video?
• While a student is watching a video, a
question or prompt to discuss the topic
appears on the screen, pausing the
video.
• Students can then respond appropriately,
after which, the video resumes.
• I recommend keeping the video to 3-5
minutes in length. By adding a few
questions, you can see how your
students respond to your questions and
assess their response to the information
and concepts presented.
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8. How do you know that students
have participated?
For each video, the
number of unique
viewers, the average
viewing time and the
percentage of students
who completed the
questions is available
through Zaption’s
analytics interface.
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9. How do you know that students
have participated?
The professor can see the
average score, the
average number of “skips
forward” that the students
made during the video,
and the average rating
students gave the video
from one out of five stars.
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10. Can you see the data by student?
• Yes, in addition to summary
data, there are data that the
professor can view by student.
• The analytics provided by
student are powerful.
• For each student you can see
the response by question, the
question responses (with the
correct response highlighted,
and the distribution of answers
by the class.
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11. USE CASE & EXAMPLE
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12. How I can use this data?
• Personally, I’ve used this data
to inform my weekly mini-
lecture. I put slides up that
show how well the class as a
whole did on the questions
asked in the video
• I am then able to customize my
lecture to address the
questions or the areas that
may need more clarification. It
also signals to students that I
am engaged in their learning
and monitoring their progress.
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13. See an example of my Zaption video for
my data visualization course:
http://zapt.io/tftezb5a
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14. Without these interactive components, it is impossible to gauge
whether the student has watched the video and responded to the
content. If a professor put effort in creating a video lecture , they want
students to watch it. Interactive video platforms like Zaption enables
faculty to build on the knowledge the gain rather than repeat it. By
using the analytics provided by interactive video platforms, faculty can
build on students’ prior knowledge and observe where they may have
struggled based on their responses to the questions embedded within
the video.
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15. Are there tools that you’ve tried to create interactive
videos? Share your comments on the blog post that
accompanies this presentation:
http://www.kristensosulski.com/2016/01/tools-for-
creating-interactive-educational-videos/
Also feel free to contact me on twitter @sosulski.
Questions? Comments?
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16. Thank you!
Professor Kristen Sosulski, Ed.D
New York University Stern School of Business
@sosulski ks123@nyu.edu kristensosulski.com