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Swivl is the first and only iPhone accessory that lets you capture hands free video, following your every move and with a wireless microphone, your every word.

Communicating visually is one of the most effective ways to explain complex concepts and relationships, both internally with your teammates and externally with your clients.

Our results show that students use recorded lectures as a replacement for missed lectures and for study tasks, like preparing for an exam. The quality of the actual lectures appears not to influence the use of the recorded lectures. Recorded lectures for courses that only use the blackboard are viewed less often.

Often called Whiteboard animation or Fast Drawing, VideoScribe replicates a stop-motion capture style of infographic drawing.

I know this statement sounds heretical in the realms of education, but I think this is something we should rethink, especially since it is so widely taught to pre-service teachers. I agree that the taxonomy accurately classifies various types of cognitive thinking skills. It certainly identifies the different levels of complexity. But its organizing framework is dead wrong. Here’s why.

I’ve had several people ask me recently how I create the video interviews I do with authors on Skype. In this post I lay out my workflow in eight steps.

Many have benefited from the possibility to record the screen of their computer. Online instructors rely on this feature to make tutorials and share them

The invention of fire and the wheel – nice. But from the first cave paintings to the beginnings of logographs, and then of course the alphabet, human achievement has been tied closely with how we put our thoughts across.

A collection of 9 posts that provide tips and tricks to help you get the most out of the audio & video you use in your elearning courses.

How can we better enhance the user experience of using recorded lectures? Some data from paper asking "Reasons why students are not using recorded lectures?" and thoughts on simple ways of how we can overcome these challenges.

Yes. I can put your PowerPoint slides online. Big deal. Listen up. Getting content online is not e-learning’s greatest benefit. Consider what happens once you place content first, which is what you’re doing with your PowerPoint.

You’re saying, “Content is the most important thing.”

You’re telling learners what’s important (right and wrong) without them discovering it for themselves.

We all learn to write in school, but video production is not standard curriculum. This blog post gives you screencasting & interview tips.

If you attended a university educator prep program, you’ve likely seen Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy. At the bottom of the pyramid, the most basic skill is remembering, built upon that is understanding, then applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating.

A video and audio-rich list of very useful-looking iPad apps.

On Your Mark, Get Set, FLIP! Are you thinking about flipping your classroom? There are lots of different, interesting ways to flip a class. One popular, entry-level approach to flipped teaching isto deliver direct instruction (i.e. lectures) outside of class, using pre-recorded videos covering content. Instructors then spend class time on activities that students would normally do at home, such as homework problems.  Flipped experts Bergmann and Sams call this the “flipped 101″ approach,