DRAFT January  2008

Video in Support of Teaching & Learning

 BackgroundVideo capture and asynchronous delivery, whether of lectures, recitations, powerpoint slides, and/or other supplemental materials, is becoming more common in higher education.  At MIT a few dozen faculty have been involved in teaching classes where some kind of video (or audio) capture has been provided.  However, to date there has been no formal assessment of its impact or attempt at developing a strategy for developing a sustainable, easily accessible service for faculty.

Objectives* To understand how video capture can be used as a tool to improve the educational experience of MIT students.

• To  explore  low cost video capture solutions that are affordable to MIT faculty who desire to employ them.

To help meet these objectives the following work is anticipated:

• Faculty who have used video capture as part of their teaching during the past several years will be solicited for on their experiences and suggestions for how MIT might improve its current infrastructure for video capture support.
• Peer institutions will be surveyed on their use of video capture.
• A small number of experiments will be run this spring to provide a better understanding of:
  • The impact of different approaches in using "video capture and access" as a teaching tool.
  • The workflows and costs associated with these different approaches.