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“A daring global experiment: using freely available online courses to bring top-tier instruction to the neediest parts of the planet, where the number of young graduates is soaring.”
!— Jeffrey Bartholet, Scientific American
SOURCE: CISCO 2013
Global Internet Traffic
Video is eating the internet
2013 2016
VideoEverything else
SOURCE: COMSCORE, DEC 2013
Online video viewership
% of users who watch video in a month
12 – 17
18 – 24
25 – 34
35 – 44
45 – 54
55 – 64
65+
Age of individual
91%
Binge Netflix viewing on college campuses
SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST, 2011
2 weeks 49 episodes of LOST
4 weeks 120 episodes of How I Met Your Mother
SOURCE: OOYALA
The rise of mobile + tablet video
20%
10%
0%Aug 2011
Feb 2012
Sep 2012
May 2013
Sep 2013
Share of mobile + tablet video plays
Students are also content creators
SOURCE: PEW RESEARCH
% of users who post video online
2009
2013
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Tools for increasing engagement
WeVideo’s annotations + interactivity are great ways to make the most of the medium of online video.
Size Length matters
Content designed for the web needs to be broken into short, concise chunks.
The most popular lectures online are rarely longer than 10 – 15 minutes.
how-to
how-to play pianohow-to cook an omelette
how-to survive college
how-to DJhow-to write an essay
how-to paint with watercolourshow-to fold a shirt — Japanese stylehow-to turn water into winehow-to make sushi
In summary…
1. Consumer experience is setting the standard for whatstudents expect from their learning experience.
2. Take note of how students use video and how we can use it to our advantage.
3. Empower students to create content, too. It’s never been easier!
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