Let’s Tok about it: Tackling student disengagement through the use of short and snappy videos

Synopsis

The hype of clicking on videos, reels, stories, and live feeds has quickly become a fascinating new trend, where we are becoming more and more familiar with the new craze of creating and watching short, snappy, and visually appealing videos that have music, voiceovers, digital stickers, photographs, and the list goes on. Thus, it is no surprise that one of the core elements of Project Uplift is focused on ‘quality media’, where the use of accessible digital media is paramount to UNE’s goal of Future Fit. In the School of Education, there have been discussions about how we can improve lectures, and present snippets of our tutorials, to increase student engagement, as many students ‘switch off’ from watching either of these within the first few weeks. To deal with disengagement and missed learning opportunities, TikTok style videos have been used to capture and present important and relevant material to students to prioritise the learning outcomes of units. In this presentation, I will share examples of videos prepared for pre-service primary and secondary History and Geography teachers to demonstrate the possibilities of what ‘quality media’ might look like in our units, with further consideration of the limitations that may ensue when using these short videos.

Uplift Element

Quality Media