I was happy to be interviewed by the Association of College and University Educators about using videos for students engagement.
For instructors, I’d say that making lots of short videos can be really effective. I put a lot of short videos in my modules and they’re not necessarily all instructional or microlectures. A lot of them are videos to encourage students, just to say, “hey, I know that this has been a tough assignment,” to keep them focused, and remind them what we’re trying to learn. Others are literally just to introduce a topic or idea, and tell the students what we’re going to cover and which things they’ll want to focus on. It’s actually very similar to an ACUE module.
