The video classes are one of the main teaching resources in the distance education. Effective tool, use video classes in  distance learning is a clear and dynamic way to teach , and usually very pleasing to students.

Video classes consist in video recording of educational content. Increasingly used in online educational institutions and in companies that work the corporate education, the quality level of this material has increased considerably.

Why create video classes in distance learning

Today, 20% of the digital time of Brazilians is to watch videos. In 2020, it is estimated that 75% of data traffic on the internet will be for videos. Only in Facebook, daily are assisted 100 million hours of videos.

There are over 1 billion active users on YouTube, and every minute about 400 hours of video content are loaded on this platform. Mobile devices contribute with these numbers, via mobile, the average time spent on YouTube is 40 minutes.

This is proof that videos have a great appeal, attract the user’s attention and are preferably among the other types of media.

The segment of online education recognizes the great advantage of using video classes in distance learning, indicating as a method of interactive learning and a trend that should not be overlooked by those who produce online courses.

If you still have doubts, here are some good reasons why use video classes in distance learning:

• Videos are more efficient in capturing and keeping the attention of the student than reading materials, for example;
•  Through demonstration, this tool is able to make easier the comprehension of a complex concept;
• Creates a greater commitment on the part of the student, contributing to the debate and assimilation of the content;
• Through the use of image and sound, vide classes contribute to building a better relationship between teacher and students.

The use of video classes in distance learning, offers many benefits for the student and contribute to an effective learning. In addition, video is a trend and will continue for years to come, along with other resources such as the micro learning, storytelling and games.

Tips to create video classes in distance learning

Video production requires certain knowledge and skill. If you are not confident in doing alone and have condition to pay a professional help, better, otherwise, study and make attempts until achieve a satisfactory result. To help, check out some tips on how to produce good video classes in distance learning:

Give preference to short videos

As well as any class of long duration, long videos tend to become dull and lose the attention of the student. The assimilation of the information becomes easier when the video is less than five minutes in length.

Long videos should be more interactive

If you need a long video to explain the content properly, try to make it as interactive as possible. Bet on activities among the lessons, propose questions that encourage the reasoning and debate, offer quick summaries and if possible divide the content into modules so that the student can organize rest breaks between lessons.

Use a transcription

One of the advantages that online courses and  video classes in distance learning offer is the possibility of being fully inclusive. In addition to not require that the student move, using subtitles, audio and images, it is possible to meet people with limitations and different abilities.

Be careful with the size of the file

Watch out to not to lose the interest of the student for the waiting time required for your video upload. Consider the creation of a separate version to play at low bandwidths. The material should also be the most responsive as possible, adaptable to any type of device.

Well produced, a video classes in distance learning has great appeal and can be the difference that makes the student chooses your online course. Along with video classes  offer materials that complement what the student has seen in the videos.

Using the Coursify.me to host your online course, you can upload your content directly from platforms like Vimeo and YouTube into our platform. Give a hello to us via e-mail help@coursify.me and learn why we are the best option to host your online course.

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Not only the technology and means of transmitting information evolve, but also the society and its capacity. If a few years ago computer was a young people thing, impossible to be understand by the older generation, is easy to realize how this reality changed, you just have to look the gray-haired sir on the next table sending messages in WhatsApp, or how many over fifty people profile you can find in social networks.

While the means of transmitting and share information expanded, obstacles like place and distance felt down. To the joy and future of the youth born far from the best educational centers, appears the video classes, or like we call, the online classes.

New business

Since Salman Khan launched his awarded teaching method of free videos published on Youtube, many tried and begun their business in this field.

In the last four years many companies specialized at school subjects teaching through online classes. A good example is the company Geekie.

Created in 2012, it went further from just teaching disciplines like physic and history. With a selected professional team, the company developed algorithms to detect how each student understand better a subject, and with that information customize content and exercises to turn the learning process more efficient.

 “The association between technology and education is inevitable. The model based in the class with blackboard and chalk must fall in a few years. Teachers have to let the traditionalism go”, says the history teacher Hugo Calhau, according to an interview given to Exame magazine. Hugo divides his time between morning classes at schools and afternoons at Geekie, where he edits the history content to on-line classes.

Realizing this new market niche, other companies appear, like Veduca that translate classes of the best international teaching institutions to Portuguese.

Present X Future

Analyzing these information’s, some points are well established:

• The students pass from secondary to main actor and searches for what wish to learn, improving assertively and efficiency.
• Pass from several straight class hours to a more fragmented and flexible workload.
• With the growing use of mobile advices like smartphones, learning becomes mobile.
• Quality education accessible to all.
• Teaching is no longer linear; it allows several ways of learning and information sources.

What can be observed is that this way of learning fits better to the professional that the market is looking for, the one capable to combine different information, make connections and presented a line of thought and solutions based in a broad vision of situation.

Is not accepted anymore be stuck on a chair for many established hours just listening, we search for knowledge in our time and space. And this is happening already.

Coursify

For those interested in get in on this market niche and take advantage of its crescent expansion, Coursify offers a solution that will make your life easier.

Through our platform the client creates its brand, customize name, cover image, title, subtitle, logo, domain and connects through its Dropbox, Youtube and Paypal accounts to upload content and receive payment. Students and results management is made by the platform.

If you have any doubt contact us through the email hello@coursify.me and we will make our best to help you.

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