Jan 27 2015
Recommendations for Shooting Instructional Videos for MOOC Massive Open Online Courses
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are undoubtedly the most popular self-learning method today. However, for a MOOC course to be successful, one of the biggest challenges, apart from platform management and course content, is transforming a teacher's daily lectures into attractive instructional videos. Engaging instructional videos have the power to ignite and captivate students' learning enthusiasm and interest. Although video production is a routine task for professionals in the broadcasting industry, for schools, it poses a formidable obstacle. This is primarily because schools have practically relocated an entire television studio onto the campus, resulting in significant budget costs and challenges in program production. This is the current reality faced by many schools. In fact, the production of instructional videos for MOOCs is entirely different from television program production. Below, we present several common production methods with their pros and cons for your reference.