The core tenets of using video in learning haven't changed since 2013, says David Hopkins. "Then, as now, video works best when it is framed by purpose, it draws attention to key ideas, it is embedded in activity, (and) it leads somewhere (discussion, reflection, application)." What has changed is that purpose is now critical. "Students need to know why they are watching, what to listen for, (and) what they will be expected to do with it afterwards." He adds that AI isn't ready to design learning with and around such videos. "If a task can be completed by passively watching or automatically summarising, it probably wasn't a learning task in the first place." To me this misses the point a bit. The utility of video is that it shows what can't be easily summarized. It then (if well designed) invites and enables physical replication of the task or process being demonstrated - simple reflection or discussion don't really count as 'activities' in this scenario. And yeah - AI can't yet produce such videos. But I'm watching for them.
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