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The use of video for learning is increasingly widespread. We can also take the opportunity to use it for professional development purposes! Here is how two American specialists conceive the thing.
During a recent chat session organized by Education Week, Candice Meyers, founder of Teaching Channel and interactive media consultant with Districts, Foundations and Educational Publishers, and Misty Mitchel, media and educational technology specialist at Hudson Middle School in Texas, highlighted strategies using video to foster professional development among teachers.
According to these two professionals, it is not enough to present a video to watch. Thanks to the new tools available, you can now easily design your own videos, modify them and upload them using high-performance platforms such as EduCanon, Zaption, Screen O Matic or Google Form. This practice would have the effect of making training more effective, according to Meyers and Mitchel, especially when insert questions in a video, leave pauses to provoke reflection or even integrate useful links that people in training can consult. You can also collect responses from learners who have viewed the video.
Some research on the use of videos for professional development purposes among teachers shows that teachers are able to identify good and bad practices more easily thanks to this medium, then to reproduce them in the classroom.
For trainers, Meyers and Mitchel advise starting with “step-by-step” type videos (eg, how do I update my class website?) So that trained teachers realize how effective the videos are. They can also complete the task at the same time as they visualize, and can refer to it again later if necessary. In addition, in many cases, the method may inspire them to do the same for their own students!
Small projects
It seems simple enough for Meyers and Mitchel to make such videos. The ideal is to go there modeling 1-to-1 strategies rather than in a whole class. You can ask for the help of gifted students in audiovisual, or that of a colleague with a digital tablet quite simply. The important thing is that the audience can see and especially hear what is being said in the video.
In reality, you just need to trust yourself without fearing the end result. Keep it simple. So who gets started?
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