Russ Lichterman, Wilmington University's Multimedia Manager, http://wilmu.edu/multimedia, shares how to increase student engagement with video and multimedia. This presentation was first shared at the 2015 Northeast e-Learning Consortium, http://northeastelearning.org/2015-archives/. The online instructor often struggles with creating dynamic content and engaging students effectively. Online courses frequently rely on journal articles, textbook sections, and discussion boards as their foundation, but when the instructor and students are faceless entities on the other side of a computer screen students can lose the connection they would have in a face-to-face environment. At Wilmington University we strive to add synchronous and asynchronous multimedia and video pieces to as many online courses as possible to provide a richer online experience. Using Blackboard Collaborate and other multimedia tools we attempt to create a rich, dynamic environment for online learners. This session will share tips, tricks, tools, and examples to take online courses to the next level.
2. About Wilmington University…
•Private, non-profit university
•Main campus and graduate campus located in New
Castle, DE
•Over 20,000 students at 14 locations + Online
•37% of students take at least 1 online course
3. Why Video and Multimedia?
•Online platforms are not using multimedia to
its full potential. (Learninghouse.com, 2014)
•An Arizona State University study in March
2014 found a direct correlation between
course grades and students viewing faculty-
created videos. (Wilson, 2014)
4. WilmU Multimedia Tools
•Kaltura – Instructor-created video in
Blackboard
•Swivl – Do-it-Yourself Lecture Capture
•Collaborate – Web Conferencing
5. How We Use Video for Instructional Content
• Guest Speakers, Lecture Capture, Faculty Screencasts and Webcasts
9. • Why Lecture Capture?
• There is evidence that lecture capture
technology increases student attendance and
academic performance. (Education Advisory Board, 2015)
• The most important factors for considering a
lecture capture technology are cost and ease
of use. (Education Advisory Board, 2015)
Do-It-Yourself Lecture Capture
11. • Instructors set up the Swivl
in class
• Record lecture segments
by topic (shorter is better!)
• Send them to Kaltura
• Add to Blackboard Courses
How does it work?
22. References
• Wilson, T. (2014, March 21). Faculty Videos and Games:
Enhancing Student Engagement and Performance.
Retrieved from
https://teachonline.asu.edu/2014/03/faculty-videos-and-
games-enhancing-student-engagement-and-performance/
• Learninghouse (2015). Equal Opportunity in Higher
Education: Understanding Rigor and Engagement Across
Learning Modalities. Retrieved from
http://www.learninghouse.com/ocs2014_supplement/
• Education Advisory Board (2015). Lecture capture
technology: Considerations for effective and low-cost
lecture capture options. Retrieved from The Advisory
Board Company