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1. USING
INTERACTIVE
VIDEO FOR
LEARNING
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2. enhance
learner engagement
are more
fun to watch
increase video
completion rates
Interactive videos are great tools for e-learning
and blended learning because they

3. HERE ARE 7 TYPES OF
INTERACTIVITY
&
SUGGESTED WEB 2.0 TOOLS YOU
CAN USE FOR EACH TYPE
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4. INSERTING
QUESTIONS
You can integrate open-ended,
multiple choice or true/false type
questions into your video using tools
such as:
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www.zaption.com
www.edpuzzle.com
www.hapyak.com
www.playposit.com

5. GIVING
FEEDBACK
www.playposit.com allows you to
customise your feedback after a
question is answered wrongly. This
helps learners reflect on their answers
and find the correct one themselves
without you telling them which is the
right anwer.
If you produce your own videos,
Camtasia allows you to create in-video
quizzes and when they give an
incorrect answer it directs learners to
the exact point in the video where the
topic of the question is mentioned.
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6. IN- VIDEO
LINKS
By integrating web links to your video,
you create different types of media
tags in the video, which makes the
content richer. Learners can click the
tags when they need more
information. You can do this via
www.ThingLink.com
www.WireWax.com
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7. VIDEO
DISCUSSIONS
www.vialogues.com (video + dialogue)
helps you create video-based discussions
that include time-coded, hyperlinked
comments. You can post comments,
polls, and surveys to scaffold video
content. Vialogues is the tool you need
for this.
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8. VIDEO
NOTES
You can add audio-notes anywhere in
the video and customise it based on your
learning objectives. You can do it by
recording your voice and let it appear
wherever you want in the video.
www.edpuzzle.com
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9. VIDEO
CHAPTERS
If this is a long video which is a bit harder to
follow, then you can use www.hapyak.com
to break it into chapters. By naming each
chapter and allowing learners to choose
where they want to go in the video, you
make your content easier to absorb.
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10. TAKING
NOTES
www.videonot.es and
www.moocnote.com allow for note-
taking while watching the video.
Learners can take notes that link back
to the appropriate place in the videos
and go back to their notes when they
want.
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11. AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO EXAMPLE
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Creating and Selecting Appropriate Visual Displays
https://www.zaption.com/lessons/5603fb49725a6bac14b3636c

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If you have not used interactive videos yet,
now it is TIME!
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