Use of Technology in

Educational Content

Development

Dr. Yogendra Pal

About Me

● B.Tech. and M.Tech. in CSE

● Project Engineer in CDAC (2009 - 2010)

● Started a YouTube channel LearnByWatch in April 2009

● Ph.D in Educational Technology from IIT Bombay (2010-2016)

● Started a YouTube channel ETmantra in March 2017

● Project Research Scientist in CSE, IIT Bombay (2017 - current)

Let’s talk about content delivery first

When you want to learn

something, where do you

search first?

YouTube or an online Course Website

https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/data/learning-related-video-upload-statistics/

YouTube vs online course (MOOC)

YouTube

● Unstructured

● No login, signup required

● Videos are one search away

● Learner centric

● On an average a learner has to watch at

least 7 videos to reach to the correct

video*.

● Only video

● Credibility is an issue

● User friendly

Online Course

● Structured

● Signup, login required

● Search facility is not available even for

registered/paid students.

● Teacher centric

● Students learn what teacher ask them to

learn.

● A complete learning experience (video,

assignment, quiz, learning material,

question answer etc.)

● Content is correct

● ;)

There are more reasons to teach on

YouTube

To help students

● https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lbwcomments/

To make country proud

Neeraj Chopra Learned

Javelin on YouTube,

Won an Asian Games

Gold

https://www.thequint.com/sports/cwg-2018-neeraj-chopra-profile

Assam’s Upasha Talukdar

who learnt gymnastics by

watching YouTube wins

bronze

https://www.sentinelassam.com/sports-news/khelo-india-assams-

upasha-talukdar-who-learnt-gymnastics-by-watching-youtube-wins-

bronze/

To save lives

● https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lbwcomments/

What is YouTube channel?

● An entity on YouTube that allows you to upload video under a brand name

and build a community around it.

A perfect delivery platform: Mix

pros of both platforms ● https://www.labxchange.org/

● https://dart.harvard.edu/

Power of educational content

on Social media

● Reach to a large audience

● Make your identity

● Start online courses

Reach to large audience Motivation

My content reached to

2,01,300 new teachers

during lockdown

How people reach

to my content?

Who is

watching my

content?

Geography

The data you saw is of one

YouTube channel only I own 5 more educational channels

and planning to start more

Notable channels are

https://www.youtube.com/learnbywatch

https://www.youtube.com/etmantra

https://www.youtube.com/calptraining

LearnByWatch

became part of

YouTube edu in

2015

Status of LearnByWatch at

present

● Status: Not creating videos for LearnByWatch anymore (not closed)

EduTubers in 2017

EduTubers in 2018

EduTubers in 2019

This is the perfect time to start

creating educational content

Start now, I will tell you how to start

How to Start creating

Educational Content Individual / Institute

Start with what is easy to create

● TableTop { numericals }

● ScreenCast { Software training, programming etc. }

● SlideCast { Theory, concept }

● Podcast {Motivation, language training, revision, personality development }

TableTop

● Write on paper with pen and record it with audio

explanation.

● Easiest and fastest way to make educational video.

● Useful when you want to teach by writing.

● Less technical knowledge is required.

● Can be created with smartphone.

Learn it here: https://youtu.be/U6nEs9_a4Rc

Mr. Raj Kumar Thenua ( professor at Anand Engineering College, Agra )

Recorded one subject’s videos (14 hours, 74 educational videos)

in just 3 months.

TableTop

● Easiest and fastest way to make educational video.

● Useful when you want to teach by writing.

Learn it here: https://youtu.be/U6nEs9_a4Rc

My arrangement to record

TableTop videos

What teachers are using in

lockdown

ScreenCast

● Record computer screen with audio explanation.

● Easiest, fastest and only possible way to make educational video for

software training or programing tutorial.

● One laptop is enough to create screencasts.

I recorded 15 hours of screencast in just one and half month

while I was working in CDAC, Mumbai.

Those were my first educational videos.

Learn here: https://youtu.be/iKxVlmHMEA4

SlideCast

● Record slides while explaining its content.

● Easy and fast to create

● Make anywhere with your smartphone

Learn here: https://youtu.be/wsrDAdLIHP0

I recorded 15 hours of screencast in just one and half month

while I was working in CDAC, Mumbai.

Those were my first educational videos.

Podcast

● Recording only audio for explanation.

● Podcasts can be used to teach language, motivate people, provide summary

of lectures etc.

● Record and publish just with a smartphone.

Learn it here: https://youtu.be/m_d4f3S8S6o

Types of video, that need

extra work Start creating them only after you have experience

in creating previously mentioned types of videos.

TalkingHead

● Setup takes a lot of time.

● Can be recorded with smartphone.

● Add value to any other type of video tutorial.

● Help in creating personal identity.

● Help in making personal connection with students.

Learn it here: https://youtu.be/Qd1xTFPequ8

Khan Academy style

● Alternative to TableTop.

● Need hardware that are not

generally used.

● Needs practice before start

recording video.

OverHead

● Required to teach when you want to

show some hardware in the video.

○ Lab machines, Arduino, microcontrollers,

cooking, sewing, Crochet, carpentry,

smithy etc.

● Careful planning is required.

● Editing is difficult.

Explainer and Animation

● A lots of teachers want to use animation or explainer videos in their course.

● Its difficult to make animation videos.

● Explainers are comparatively easy, still a lot of work is required.

● Dr. Sameer Sahasrabudhe’s NPTEL talk gives you more insight into explainer

and animation videos. You can watch the video here:

https://youtu.be/Ra6HaLOv1L0

Explainer videos created by me

● I have create a lot of explainer videos in past 3-4 years.

● I will play a video that is a combination of explainer and overhead video. You

can watch complete video here: https://youtu.be/jPP5ls5Ei8I

Want to make your content

effective?

Create experience not just a

video

Questions:

● Why do you want to use augmented reality and virtual reality?

● Why do you want to create animation?

Answer:

So that student can become part of the learning. He/she must experience it.

Important Question: Why don’t you think about giving complete experience

in your video?

Create experience

not just a video

List of equipment that I use to record video

● WebCamera

● Camera

● Mic

● Laptop

● SmartPhone

● Tablet

Watch this video to experience what a studio

look like.

● https://youtu.be/QLnwRglKapA

When I can actually give you a tour (experience) to my studio

why will I create a slidecast (video) ?

Don’t Just Teach Subjects

● Help learners to achieve their goals

● Build a community

● Motivate students

● Teach students how to use your content.

● Teach teachers / institute how to use your content in classroom.

Optimal length?

of a video

● 7-10 minutes,

● Maximum 20 minutes

of a video that provides experience?

● You watch 2-3 hour long movies.

● Many of times you may have watched

multiple videos of one web series.

● There is no limit of duration. Still, I

will give you a method to properly

chunk your content in multiple

videos.

Do you know about the

content types?

Content Types

● Fact

● Process

● Concept

● Procedure

● Principle

Formula for better chunking of your

content.

● Start with Procedure

● Teach Process after that

● Make videos to teach concepts related to

recorded procedure and process video.

Quality parameters?

What are the quality

parameters of educational

videos?

Quality of Educational Content

● Content Quality

● Presentation Quality

● Production Quality

Content Quality

(SME controls this)

extremely important

● Content chunking and sequencing

● Script / No-Script

● Reflection Spot

● Select correct pedagogy for your topic

Presentation Quality

(Presenter controls this) Extremely important

● Who is presenting the content? Professor / Anchor

● Dialogue delivery style.

● Real environment / fake environment

● Production style is relevant to the topic?

Production Quality

(Technical team control it) not so important

start with what you have

● Lights: CFL > LED > Porta Light > LED Video Lights > ……………

● Camera: Mobile > Handycam > DSLR > Professional Cameras > …………

● Audio Recorder: Camera audio > Professional Audio recorders

● Set: Natural environment > Studio environment

● Software: Open Source > Industry grade Software

You can take my help for

● Plan a perfect content strategy for your educational videos.

● SEO of your educational videos and delivery platform

● Improve the quality of educational videos.

● You can contact me on:

● WhatsApp: +91-9022419053

● yogendra.pal3@gmail.com

● www.ETmantra.com

Special Thanks to

● NPTEL team

● All teachers who attended this live talk