Dive Brief:
- Justin Beck, vice president of education at open source video platform Kaltura, highlights three ways modern technology is actually democratizing video for students and institutions in an op-ed for eCampus News.
- Beck writes that video capture technology is much more affordable than it used to be, and the Open Capture Standard means recorded video can be used across platforms now for flexibility and longevity.
- Video technology today allows for greater personalization, making distance learning more engaging and creating the opportunity to personalize instruction with synchronous and asynchronous content, offering also the analytics tools to monitor how students are using it.
Dive Insight:
Those who argue the modern lecture has not changed in centuries ignore a lot of evidence to the contrary. Many faculty now stock their PowerPoint presentations with media elements, including links to videos — whether pre-existing online or created by the instructors themselves. Video has allowed some instructors to flip the traditional lecture format entirely, asking students to watch the lecture portion as homework and come to class ready to put that new information to use.
Kaltura’s own video hosting services give client institutions a range of tools for analyzing video use, offering new ways to track student engagement and progress, and then tie that to outcomes. For the next generation of students, video will not be optional. Institutions that have been slower to adapt would be wise to start preparing.