Kaltura is UC's enterprise video content creation, streaming and video repository tool. Students, faculty and staff have the ability to upload existing videos to Kaltura’s repository. Alternatively, videos can be recorded via Kaltura Capture and uploaded into Canvas. The College of Law also has a public-facing Kaltura Media Space (KMS) page and the Robert S. Marx Law Library has a Kaltura Media Space Channel.
Kaltura Capture is a video tool that allows both instructors and students to create, upload, and publish videos for use in their classes. This may include a webcam video, an audio recording, a screen recording, a PowerPoint presentation or a combination.
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Modified from Why Screencasting? The Benefits of Interactive Online Tutorials
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Bowles-Terry, M., Hensley, M. K., & Hinchliffe, L. J. (2010). BEST PRACTICES FOR ONLINE VIDEO TUTORIALS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: A study of student preferences and understanding. Communications in Information Literacy, 4(1), 17-28. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/763599877?accountid=2909
Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)
Mismanagement of multimedia elements can overwhelm and impair the learner’s capacity to process info by introducing distraction, redundancy, and other principles outlined by CLT theorists.
Ways to reduce cognitive load in eLearning
When it is not feasible to remove all the embellishments in a multimedia lesson, cognitive load can be reduced by providing cues to the learner about how to select and organize the material:
Adapted from:
Mayer, R. E., & Moreno, R. (2003). Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning. Educational Psychologist, 38(1), 43-52.
ACT-R (Adaptive Character of Thought) theory: Declarative and Procedural Knowledge
Declarative Knowledge = facts, terms and other specific “chunks” of info. They precede many of the screencasts in tutorials as “pre-training” sections: introducing terms, helping understand larger objectives. “Chunks” introduced early in a tutorial help students be less distracted by unfamiliar facts when more complex procedures, concepts etc. are introduced – one of the ways to reduce/eliminate cognitive overload.
Recommendation based on this theory
ARCS Model of Motivational Design
The illustration below lists some strategies which may be used to improve the general motivational aspects.
Image source and additional information: Keller: ARCS Model Motivational Design Cheat Sheet
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iFrames
Inline frames (iFrames) allow the inclusion of web documents, such as an embedded video, within a web page. Screen readers may indicate that iframes are present.
Good practice for iframe accessibility:
add title="embedded video"
Readability
Modified from "Principles of Accessible Design." Introduction to Web Accessibility (webAIM) and Accessibility, the Final Frontier: These are our voyages into best practices...
Accessibility checkers
Screen reader emulators
Disability simulators
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