Learning Solutions Newsletter
INNOVATION & INITIATIVE
Enriching the classroom with video
Since Corona at the latest, (educational) videos have become an integral part of university teaching. But videos are more than just a tool to fill in the gaps caused by a lack of direct contact. Videos can not only enrich classroom teaching, but also transform good teaching into excellent teaching.
The Internet makes an infinite number of videos available. However, only a few are appropriate for use in the classroom. Ideally, instructional videos are created as part of a didactic media production. This combines the positive characteristics of videos with the didactic added value of structured courses. With the MCI Video Gallery, Learning Solutions - especially Media Production - has created an extensive collection of high-quality and didactically valuable videos in cooperation with highly motivated lecturers.
There are many reasons for using videos in the classroom. For MCI, the use of educational videos is an opportunity to further strengthen the focus on innovative and good teaching:
Designing multimedia learning and teaching packages for the classroom: Videos offer the opportunity to present facts in a visual and auditory way. A quick and easy didactic change of medium is therefore possible when using videos. In addition, instructional videos are usually characterized by a narrative that makes it easier for learners to access the content. Instructors can then seamlessly build on this narrative in their face-to-face lessons.Practical tip: Introduce a topic with your students (warm-up) by showing a short video input (self-interviews are great) and then discussing the students' views on the topics in a de-briefing. Then build your lecture around this discussion.
Enable lasting learning: Especially when teaching the basics of a subject, it is a good idea to provide instructional videos. Students can watch and repeat the content several times, and questions and complex learning content can then (also) be dealt with in more detail during the presence phase. Practical tip: Use the classic "flipped classroom" approach and let your students watch a video lecture beforehand and comment on it in the discussion forum on Sakai. Of course, you can also use video tutorials for post-lecture review (e.g., for exam preparation).A small tip: Make sure that you include the topics from the videos in your classroom lectures and that you include the content in the exam as well. This will be an additional motivator for your students.
Make courses and curricula more flexible: The use of instructional videos alone is not a substitute for classroom instruction. However, with creativity and didactic sensitivity, it is possible to transform good teaching into excellent teaching by creating more opportunities for interaction, communication and collaboration.Practical Tip: Talk to your program director and see if asynchronous elements can be part of your course. This will lay the groundwork for flexible course design.
Enhance the classroom experience in a resource-efficient way: Videos can be used to enrich courses with high-quality input or to introduce reflection and discussion sessions. Teachers can respond to student questions during playback or organize contributions for later review.Practical tip: Distribute several videos on a topic to different groups of students. They will watch the videos, discuss them, and then "move on" to the next group to brief their peers. At the end, the whole group should have briefly discussed all the video content. The level of knowledge is then more or less 'homogeneous' and you can build on this in your lecture.
Curious? In the MCI Video Gallery, you will find a well-organized collection of suitable teaching videos. It has recently been expanded to include Human Resource Management & Leadership, Intercultural Competence & Diversity Training, Operations Management and Project, Process & Quality Management. It currently covers 17 subject areas. The page is framed by a legend and instructions for use.
Enjoy browsing and trying it out!
Quellen:
Noetel, M., Griffith, S., Delaney, O., Sanders, T., Parker, P., del Pozo Cruz, B., & Lonsdale, C. (2021). Video Improves Learning in Higher Education: A Systematic Review. Review of Educational Research, 91(2), 204-236. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654321990713
Persicke, M. (2019). Videos in der Lehre: Wirkungen und Nebenwirkungen. In: Niegemann, H., & Weinberger, A. (Hg.), Handbuch Bildungstechnologie. Konzeption und Einsatz digitaler Lernumgebungen (S. 259-270). Berlin: Springer.
DIDACTICS & TEACHING
Recommendations for the use of AI in exams
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our lives, our education system and therefore our exams - although there are still many questions.
At the beginning of the year, Julia Bär presented the AI focus group with recommendations for the use of AI in exams. In addition to a decision tree on whether AI should be part of the exam, an action plan on how to proceed was presented.
The two documents provide clear guidance on a complex and emotionally charged topic, offer possible solutions, and still leave plenty of room for personal weightings and preferences. They can be found in the AI section of Teach Online. We hope that these documents will support our teachers in a future-oriented and sustainable testing culture.
Julia Bär would be happy to hear about your experiences and reports on this topic.
TEACHING NUGGET- short, to the point, helpful
MCI eCampus Ecosystem video
The start of a new semester always means that new students have to find their way around MCI. This applies to both analogue and virtual spaces. The MCI eCampus Ecosystem Video offers a helpful orientation in German and English. We invite you to share it with new students.
LEARNING & COMMUNITY CORNER
Community Call: Teaching Nugget
The Teaching Nugget thrives on the practical knowledge of teachers. This is a call and an offer to fill this section with the experiences of MCI teachers in order to strengthen a common exchange and to benefit from different teaching and learning methods.
These could be small but useful tips and examples of good practice, a reflection method that has worked well, helpful digital tools, newly discovered picture cards and much more.
Have you got an idea while reading? Then send an email directly to Lena Halbig or call her on 0512 2070-2024.
We wish you an inspiring spring at MCI!
Your Learning Solutions Team
Contact us under: learningsolutions@mci.eduHere is our website: https://www.mci.edu/de/hochschule/das-mci/innovative-lehre
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