48 Video Recordings of Lessons for Intensive Review at Later Time
Definition
Video recordings that capture the audio and visual elements of lessons that students can view at a later time.
In action
Determine in advance which lessons should be recorded (i.e., check IEP). Record all lessons in their entirety including all necessary visuals (e.g., teacher, whiteboard) and audio and make recordings easily accessible (e.g., through an online learning platform).
Support Strategies
- Work with school administration and technology staff to ensure appropriate set-up and supports.
- Ensure recording device is set up to capture all necessary visual and audio components of a lesson (including slides, graphs, pictures, etc.)
- Consider wearing a microphone so that all verbal information is captured clearly
- Consider linking audio to an automatic captioning or transcription service (e.g., youtube, zoom).
- Consider use of playback technology with embedded learning features such as time stamps and the ability to add notes.
- Communicate with school administration and parents/caregivers to ensure students have the tools they need at home to access and use the recordings
Case Study
Student: Grade 8 student in a math class
Content: The class is beginning to learn how to balance equations
Problem: The student does not always remember the steps required to solve for the unknown variable
Solution: Create a video recording of the lesson so the student can review the video while doing homework, allowing them to pause between steps or read the transcript.
Additional Resources
- Article describing different types of assistive technology, including video recordings from LD@School
- Article summarizing relevant research on the benefits of video-mediated instruction from Edutopia
- Tool to embed question/answer segments in video recordings of lessons from EdPuzzle
- Article describing best practices in video-recording instruction from JRI
