{"id":83,"date":"2013-01-15T22:17:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T22:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pogo.lakesideschool.org\/library\/?p=83"},"modified":"2013-01-15T22:17:13","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T22:17:13","slug":"video-tutorials-in-the-library-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/2013\/01\/15\/video-tutorials-in-the-library-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Tutorials in the Library Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a group of my colleagues and I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainrules.net\/about-brain-rules\"><em>Brain Rules<\/em><\/a> by John Medina.\u00a0 It was a fascinating book filled with practical implications.\u00a0 This year, thanks to my colleague, Janelle Hagen, I also learned how to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techsmith.com\/camtasia.html\">Camtasia<\/a> and combine it with animation tools like <a href=\"http:\/\/goanimate.com\/\">GoAnimate<\/a>.\u00a0 Inspired by the flipped classroom movement, the library team decided to focus on creating tutorial videos.\u00a0 I was excited by the fact that teachers could assign a video for homework, have students take our quiz, and instantly get feedback on how much support they need for this topic.\u00a0 However, after reading <em>Brain Rules<\/em>, the use of videos in the library curriculum encourages me for a different reason.<\/p>\n<p>In the chapter titled \u201cSensory Integration (Rule #9),\u201d Medina urges educators to \u201cstimulate more of the senses.\u201d\u00a0 He refers to the work of cognitive psychologist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psych.ucsb.edu\/people\/faculty\/mayer\/index.php\">Richard Mayer<\/a>, which shows that students learn better when information is given through two modes (i.e. sight and hearing) versus one.\u00a0 Not only did students have better recall but it also lasted longer (208). Two of Mayer\u2019s other findings made me feel like we were on the right track with our videos.\u00a0 According to Medina, Mayer\u2019s work has shown that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cStudents learn better from words and pictures than from words alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on-screen text\u201d\u00a0 (210).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Though I have a long way to go in my video creation skills, this research has strengthened my resolve to make quality videos with engaging animations and narrations that students can then watch and re-watch if necessary.\u00a0 This can also free up time for the library team to meet with students more frequently to focus on the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">process<\/span><\/strong> of research rather than the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">features<\/span><\/strong> of it (e.g. in-text citations, how to find preformatted citations).\u00a0 They can also serve as a precursor to concepts that require more critical thinking, such as paraphrasing and evaluating sources.\u00a0\u00a0 Videos and their accompanying quizzes can provide an overview of basic content and check for understanding, so librarians will know where students are and what to cover during our precious time in class with students.<\/p>\n<p>Though they take a long time to create, the promise of library videos to improve student learning makes them worth it.\u00a0 Too see our current collection of videos both created by us and by the companies of the products we use, see our <a href=\"http:\/\/lakesideschool.libguides.com\/tutorials\">LibGuide<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also see all of our \u201chomemade\u201d videos on our <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/infosherpas\">Vimeo channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, a group of my colleagues and I read Brain Rules by John Medina.\u00a0 It was a fascinating book filled with practical implications.\u00a0 This year, thanks to my colleague, Janelle Hagen, I also learned how to use Camtasia and combine &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/2013\/01\/15\/video-tutorials-in-the-library-curriculum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libpost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pogolives.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}