(A) Why make online videos for library instruction?

Online videos may facilitate self-directed learning and may be more engaging for patrons.

(B) Topics covered in this presentation

1. Discussing best practices for library instruction. 
2. Identifying topics for online video instruction. 
3. Translating instructional events to online video environments - focusing on the instructional events according to Gagne and Briggs (1979) http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/yyong/Idesign/events.htm 
4. 4. Writing an instructional script 
5.  5. Recording online demonstrations with Screencast-o-Matic, an online screen recorder - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ 
6.  6. Making audio-visual materials for lecture-style videos with: * PowerPoint slides * Audacity - audio editor, http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ * GIMP - graphics editor, http://www.gimp.org/ 
7.  7. Editing and publishing a video with Windows Movie Maker - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx 
8.  8. Posting instructional videos online through: * YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ * Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/ 
9.  9. Promoting the videos online (e.g., listservs, embedding videos into library web pages)

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