Introduce yourself to the students and thus establish a more personal association. Bring otherwise inaccessible experiences to students. Illustrating abstract concepts with moving real-world examples can make the concepts more tangible. Used at the end of an instructional segment video can consolidate and sum up the instructional content that has been covered. Provide access to expert opinion through the recording of interviews or presentations by experts in a particular field.
Video can convey aspects such as body language, facial expressions and tone and pace of voice.
A variety of styles of video presentation can be used to motivate students by capturing their attention with sound and images that provoke, excite, mystify or challenge. Video can also evoke strong emotional responses and is often used to influence attitudes, such as towards road safety, smoking or poverty. Activities to be carried out by the student can be demonstrated. Students can have control over the pace and sequence of the video, and the video can be browsed or indexed if linked through the Media-sync COOL Tool. Estimated running time of each segment.