How To Create a One-Minute Lecture
Faculty spend a lot of time crafting hour long lectures. The prospect of boiling them down to 60 seconds — or even five minutes — may seem daunting. David Penrose, a course designer for SunGard Higher Education who developed San Juan College’s microlectures, suggests that it can be done in five steps:
- List the key concepts you are trying to convey in the 60-minute lecture. That series of phrases will form the core of your microlecture.
- Write a 15 to 30-second introduction and conclusion. They will provide context for your key concepts.
- Record these three elements using a microphone and Web camera. If you want to produce an audio-only lecture, no Webcam is necessary. The finished product should be 60 seconds to three minutes long.
- Design an assignment to follow the lecture that will direct students to readings or activities that allow them to explore the key concepts. Combined with a written assignment, that should allow students to learn the material.
- Upload the video and assignment to your course-management software.
Here is a sample one-minute lecture:
Click here to view the complete March 6, 2009 article from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
What Every Online Instructor Needs to Know
I’m in the process of beginning to collect ideas for a proposed online course for prospective online faculty that would both introduce the pedagogical considerations for teaching online but also involve some practical hands-on activities to provide faculty with the opportunity get experience what it is like to be an online student.
I know many other institutions have already developed similar initiatives and I’m looking to gather as many ideas as possible.
So, I throw out the question, “What does every online instructor need to know?” Perhaps you are an online instructor currently…what recommendations/tips do you have to share with those who are considering online teaching for the first time?
Maybe you’re an online student…what do you wish that your online instructor knew or did that would improve your online learning experience?
Perhaps your institution has already developed some sort of online experience / course for prospective online faculty? If you were to start from scratch, what would you do the same or differently? What specific topics would you recommend be included?
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