Abstract
The instructional design of a video—which crafts the narrative of how the information is structured and how the learning goals are met—is the foundation of an instructional video and fundamental to the overall learning experience. The design of instructional videos can be approached by looking at three critical aspects: the physical design, the cognitive design, and the affective design. Enhancing memory and retention is key to designing a video that can meet defined learning goals.
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See the introduction paragraph of this book.
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Swarts (2012) argues that high- or near-high-definition video resolution is key to successful instructional video, writing, “Similarly HD or near-HD quality video is a must. Viewers will frequently want to scale up or down the video to fit within a workspace, and going up or down in size has its own problems and limits. The pixels can only be jammed together so closely or stretched so loosely, but it is better to be a problem at the extremes than at points between” (p. 8).
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Köster, J. (2018). Design of Instructional Videos. In: Video in the Age of Digital Learning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93937-7_5
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