Creating Effective Instructional

Videos
From Pedagogy to Production
TRAINING SESSION
Creating Instructional videos using Explain Everything

PARTICIPANTS
The target audience consists of eight (8) trained teachers of Mathematics at the
Caribbean School of Excellence. The instructors have at least the basic competence
in the use of computers i.e productivity tools, Internet.
They are 5 males and 3 females from ages 35 - 50.

DURATION
100 minutes

LOCATION
Training Lab and Sound-proof room

TRAINERS
Educational Technologist, Educational Technologist Assistant, Mathematics
Technology Champion

INTRODUCTION
Gain Attention
i. View 1 minute of the video TED talk: Lets use video to reinvent education
by Sal Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTFEUsudhfs
ii. Ask participants what are their thoughts on Sal Khan video
ii. Inform participants that the session is going to look at the theory and
practical components of producing such videos similar to khan academy.
Inform participants of Objectives
Objectives will be displayed via projector

i. Apply multimedia principles and guidelines to create an instructional

video for a mathematical concept or problem
ii. Use Explain Everything software application to produce and share an
instructional video
Technology
Multimedia projector, PowerPoint presentation, Android tablet computer with Explain
Everything app, Explain Everything Step-by-step guide, Explain Everything Tutorial
videos
Stimulate recall of prior knowledge
I. Ask participants to think about any threshold concept or a problem that they
see as a critical for students to understand before they move onto another
topic in Mathematics
ii. Participants will view a 7-minute Khan-style video as an exemplar:
https://youtu.be/gdE46YSedvE

BODY
Present the content
Discussion
i. Discuss four (4) of the principles of multimedia learning while relating the 7-
minute Khan-style video to the principles.
Direct Instruction
ii. Suggest best-practice guidelines for producing an effective instructional video
while relating the 7-minute Khan-style video to the guidelines.
Guided Practice
iii. Instructor demonstrates a step-by-step process to using Explain Everything
via the projector
A step-by-step manual will also be distributed to participants who wish to
work at their own pace
Participants will be creating a practice instructional video based on the step-by-step
manual. This would not be a final video because there would be surrounding noise
from other participants.
Provide learning guidance
Participants will discuss the video they intend to create with the Educational
Technologist and Mathematics Technology Champion and suggestions given for
improvement if required.
Participants will visit an adjacent sound-proof room to create the instructional video.
Elicit performance
Participants will be given 10-minute slots to create their instructional video in the
adjacent noise-free room.
The Educational Technologist Assistant will provide assistance if required.
Provide Feedback
All final videos will be viewed by peers and feedback will be provided.
Since there would have been a lot of scaffolding and assistance in creating the
videos, it is not expected that the final videos would not adhere to multimedia
principles or other guidelines.
Peers will give an anonymous grade to each video based on a rubric grading scale.

CONCLUSION
Enhance retention and transfer to the job
i. Instructor will distribute a minute paper with the following questions:

Minute Paper
In a concise sentence, please answer the two questions below:
1. How can multimedia principles be applied to creating instructional videos?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
2. Is there anything you did not understand?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________

ii. Instructor will address any misunderstandings from minute paper.

iii. Compliment participants for attending and remind them that the workshop
counts towards their professional Continuing Education Credits (CEU).
iv. Encourage participants to give feedback on the use of their instructional
videos
v. Give participants contact numbers in case they need assistance in the future.

TRAINING EVALUATION
i. Participants will be given a workshop evaluation survey to inform the
instructor on the effectiveness of the workshop training session.
Learner Materials
Accompanying PowerPoint to training workshop
Step-by-Step Manual
Explain Everything tutorial videos
Instructional Video Rubric