Motion Elements
Consider the use of animation and video to bring content alive.
For instance, the YouTube video on the right provides a great introduction to how wikis work.
Ideas:
- Demonstrations
- Language Learning
- Lectures
- Step-by-Step Instructions, How Tos
- Virtual Field Trips
Suggestions:
- Provide directions for use of video clips.
- Provide details about the file type, length, and required plug-ins.
- Examples: Life Long Learning
- Keep clips short and to the point.
- Consider providing a transcript.
- Use a consistent format throughout the course.
- Find sources of video at the following websites:
Explore how video is used in the following courses:
- Aircraft Systems - video lectures and guest lectures
- Anthropology of Middle East - wedding song and art videos
- Architecture - virtual field trips
- Biology - video lectures
- Chemistry - video lectures
- Chinese - video lectures
- Copyright - video lectures
- Differential Equations - video lectures
- Electricity and Magnetism - video lectures
- Electromagnetics - video demos
- Exploring Black Holes - video lectures
- German Culture - short films and radio plays
- Introduction to Robotics - demonstration videos
- Introduction to Visual Arts - variety of lectures and interviews
- Lab Experiments
- Linear Algebra - lecture videos
- Media, Education and the Marketplace
- Physics - video lectures with fun demonstrations
- Principles of Chemical Science - lecture videos
- Scuba Diving - how tos
- Tennis - how tos
- Urban Studies: Sensing Place - guest lecture videos
- Weight Lifting - howtos
Explore how animation is used in the following courses:
- Chemistry - animation examples
- Solute Transport - animations
Explore Examples
The New York Public Library provides video, audio clips, and other multimedia materials for many of their programs including How-To Seminars. Explore some of their programs. How could these types of experiences be incorporated into an online learning program?
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