Ed Tech in HE Reflections

      Video usage in education is accelerating rapidly across all grade levels, including higher education. Videos can be used for teaching and learning outside of the classroom. Students are growing up in an era of technology, so it is important to view technology as a way to engage students, rather than a way to distract students. Research states that using multimedia in the classroom increases student engagement and student learning. Embedding videos into your instruction can increase student learning and student engagement by doing the following: 1. Increase comprehension - Incorporating videos into a lesson is known to improve student comprehension. Videos allow for students to go at their own pace, stop and playback the video as much as they want.  2. Increase student motivation – Students enjoy using technology due to the fact of being raised in a digital era. When students enjoy learning, they are motivated to keep learning.  3. Easy to access – When

Online learning continues to grow in higher education. However, based on research, one of the drawbacks that students tend to have in online learning, is less interaction with the students and the instructor. Interaction in an online course is very important and can definitely be a drawback for students if the course is lacking in it. Interaction in a face-to-face course is a lot easier since the students are meeting with their instructor in a classroom once, twice, or maybe three times a week. Whereas in an online course, students are not meeting face-to-face. But, with technology being as advanced as it is, there are multiple ways to incorporate interaction in an online course. Student/Instructor Interaction Student/Instructor interaction is communication between the student and the instructor. Communication between the instructor and the student is key to making an online course successful. Communication can be done through many ways. In an online course it is a best p