According to the latest annual report released by Cisco, by the end of 2023 total 66% of global population which constitutes nearly two thirds of the world population will have access to internet. The total number of internet users will grow from 3.9 billion in 2018 to 4.7 billion by the end of 2021.
The current year’s YouTube stats show that about 7 in 10 users use YouTube platform to help them with an issue they are facing related to work, studies or hobbies. More than 2.3 billion are active on YouTube and watching various videos for entertainment and education.
Video is becoming a de facto medium for learning purpose. Instead of reading long paragraphs, students would also prefer to watch videos for better understanding and knowledge retention process.
Penetration and new technology innovations like smart Television, Android-powered televisions are likely to increase video consumption for the users. Many new internet-based devices are being innovated which is helping to grow this trend rapidly.
In the coming years, higher education institutions are likely to invest in building educational videos which are interactive to make learning more interesting. Video-based learning is also scalable and it can be easily used repetitively. Thus, a student can watch the same video many times until he/she understands the concept properly.
If you are associated with higher education institution then you need to consider video preparation tools and techniques to remain relevant in the digital world. These tools and techniques offer many different features which can be used to create videos which are more imaginative and effective.
There are many instances where niche knowledge can be taught by visiting faculty. If you have visiting faculty coming for teaching some of the niche subjects then it would be a good idea to record the lectures so that students can refer to it at a later time as travel and logistics become a bottleneck for such a niche teaching process. It would be much easier for to record a series of lectures for such instances and the same can be viewed by the students. Later, faculty can be involved in the query resolution process.
There are various types of videos you can prepare for higher education which are as listed below.
- Educational / Topic Based Videos
- Technology-based videos with screenshots and images along with a description
- Classroom Based Videos
There are several video preparation tools available which can certainly accelerate the video-making process. These videos will enable the management to create videos which are visually impactful. This would help students to understand even the most complex concepts. For example, the medical students will be able to understand the human anatomy in depth or the students pursuing Engineering will be able to understand the molecular formula of even the most complicated compounds formed in a chemical reaction. loom.com is one such free tool to prepare educational videos.
Video production and distribution or hosting content online is becoming cost-effective or cheap. Many new tools are coming up for video creation and video editing. Higher education institutions should adopt a video-based learning process to keep pace with changing trends. This will not only improve the ways of learning and teaching but also save huge costs.
Students can also be encouraged to enrol for learning courses which are available online to acquire knowledge and accelerate the learning process as also to increase the understanding of the topic.
Thus, there are numerous advantages of videos learning as students can watch some of the videos repeatedly to understand the concepts or they can watch these videos to revise the learning process.
The process of learning through the medium of videos can be managed from any device like a Smartphone, computer or smart television. Video learning can also be helpful for the students in the remote areas where there might a scarcity of higher education but availability of internet connectivity.