What is Ted Talk

Online courses often use pre-recorded video lectures and other instructional media to share information and as a means of instructor-to-student interaction. For faculty, and especially adjunct faculty who might not have immediate access to support resources, learning how to create content and determining what that content could look like can be challenging. Faculty should consider three questions with their media: why, what, and how. Considering the purpose of the media will help make it more meaningful for faculty and students. Starting with simple tools (and some best practices on how to learn to use those tools), faculty can quickly learn to create media to share their personality and help students understand and apply course concepts. By learning how to create instructional media, online adjunct faculty can create more effective learning environments while learning skills that can help them in their current and future gigs.