9 Ways How Video Streaming Can Help In The Development Of High Quality Education

by Neha Sharma Digital marketing head

The world is advancing into the second decade of the 21^st century. Progress is streaming over both education and technology, enabling them to complement each other like never before. The previous decade witnessed economic, political, and social development at the global level on the basis of technological inventions and the internet, that acted as both fuel and catalyst to alter, radically, the existing approaches towards education, research, and science.

Video has been one of the leading, and basic agents in bringing about a huge transformation in education. The reasons for this are many.

Video can:

üAttract and engage students greatly

üProve conducive to the different styles of learning, like Visual, Auditory, and so on

üMaximize the resources related to educational institutions such as schools, universities, etc.

üImprove collaboration

and

üEnhance the outcome of learning.

Thus we see how video technology can enable, and complement the high quality education of the 21^st century – and this is where video streaming comes into use. However, to make the best of videos in the field of education, the prerequisites would be –

ØA thorough program related to Professional Development for Teachers

ØIntegration of Video Technology with the Curricula

and, most of all,

ØA Pedagogy that looks forward towards improvement.

The good news is that with the progress of time, the spread of video technologies, and video streaming in education is expected to speed up, owing to the burgeoning number of mobile phone and internet users, and also people using portable devices. Another reason for this phenomenon is that the young generation is developing a certain knowledge of and appreciation for such technologies, and they also feel the necessity to gain information, as well as interact with each other, beyond their classroom hours.

It would be left to people who are into the business of video streaming, as well as the educators, therefore, to device ways and means of adopting this technology in the classrooms, for the greater development of various skill sets.

Let us look at some of the applications of video streaming and broadcast here:

Professional Development of Teachers – Video technologies have helped to train teachers so that they can seize opportunities of professional development that they could have missed, otherwise. Teachers can be advised to use video technology during

üExchange of Ideas

üSharing of Resources

üRecording of Lessons / Instructions / Self

üEvaluation of Self

üTaking Advantage of Professional Opportunities

and so on.

Video Streaming of Educational / Informational / Instructional Content – Auditoriums, stadiums, cafeterias, and other such areas of a campus can have such video content streaming to both educate as well as entertain the students.

Enriching the Classroom Experience – Video streaming can be used to present those places or situations before students which they can hardly witness otherwise; for example, a video of a volcanic eruption can help students understand what one really is like. Likewise, a video of a very remote place, such as a dense forest, or a desert, can help students to ‘see’ for themselves how such places are. This is one of the best ways to educate, and enable students to retain better all that they have learnt.

Enabling Distance Education – Education can now reach remote areas, and also students who, due to some unavoidable circumstances, are unable to reach certain classes. Not only courses and lectures, but also the best of faculty can be made accessible to students almost anywhere in the world, with the help of video streaming.

Student Collaboration on a Global Level – With the help of video technology, students from different campuses, and countries, can interact with each other to get to know each other’s cultures, thoughts, and views -- exchanging information, knowledge, and goodwill.

For Facilitating Learning – One-way video streaming can be blended with various other online methods of communication to make sure, in one of several ways, that learners can take the college level courses required by them.

For Basic Training – Video streaming can be utilized for basic training; for example, during Geography, or History classes, by showing students places that are difficult to visit, or events from a bygone era, or phenomena that are not usual to experience. Video streaming can also be brought into use to help learners pick up a foreign language with the right accent, tone, pronunciation, and nuances.

For Advanced Level Training – Video streaming can be used to advantage during the classes of subjects such as

üMath

üBiology

üPhysics

üChemistry

even

üAstronomy

so that students can understand difficult concepts clearer when the connection between abstract ideas and their practical applications is demonstrated through the audio-video medium.

The Online / Flipped Classroom – Classroom lectures are recorded. Students can gain access to these videos for studying them as their home work. The following classroom time can then be spent entirely on questions, group activities, discussions, practice, etc. This is the central idea of the Online / Flipped Classroom. Research has observed that when students study with the help of videos before attending their classes – as in the case of the Online / Flipped Classroom – their average scores can go up by as many as 10 to 11 points. Online interactive videos can help students perform better, too.

People in the field of education, such as deans, educators, superintendents, administrators, as much as the communication technology specialists need to look upon video streaming as an advanced means of taking teaching and learning ahead.

In case you have a brilliant idea regarding the utilization of video streaming as a tool for the development of education, or want to find out how to, or how better to make use of video streaming for the advancement in the field and business of education, we shall be happy to offer our support in your endeavor. Do feel welcome to contact us at Ascentspark Software for a consultation or even a demo – free of charge, of course – related to video streaming, and creating a video streaming platform. Our solutions are always customized.