Audio and video in teaching
Audio and video can make your teaching more active, clearer, and more personal. On this page, you will find everything you need as a UvA lecturer to get started with this in a targeted way: from teaching choices to practical support in the studios.
Choose what you want to know more about, under:
- Didactics, you can read how to use audio and video effectively, with examples, formats (classic delivery, interview/dialogue, demonstration, reportage), and practical tips for choosing suitable working methods.
- Studios / TLC Create, you will find an overview of studios and facilities, what you can record where, and how to request a recording or support.
- Inspiration & formats, you will find examples from colleagues to gain inspiration on how to use audio and video in your teaching.
Audio format: podcasting
One format to is the audio format podcasting. This is particularly suitable for helping students to situate a topic within a broader context.
Video formats
Do you want to use audio or video in teaching? View the various video formats here.
Video format: field report
A field report or documentary is a high-quality, narrative video production in which an issue is highlighted.
Kaltura Video Quiz
A Kaltura video quiz makes it possible to add various types of questions to an existing video.
Easy editing (Clipchamp)
Edit, record and share your videos easily with a browser-based video editor Clipchamp.
Didactics: audio and video in teaching
Audio and video in teaching: when do you use them, for what purpose, and in what form? Read it here.
UvA Studios
The UvA has several recording studios for producing videos, podcasts and knowledge clips. Find all uva studios here.
Video format: demonstration
Video-format demonstration learns students how to carry out specific procedures.
Video format: classical knowlegde transfer
Knowledge clips based on traditional instruction are the most common video format in teaching.
Video & audio format: interview/podcast
A knowledge clip of an interview or dialogue between two people.
Grassroots: how you can still offer knowledge clips with limited resources and time
Through knowledge clips, teaching material is offered in an interactive way and the flipped classroom principle is applied.
Online education: Active learning tools with Esther Quaedackers
Activated learning instead of merely listening. Lecturer Esther Quadackers shows the tools teachers can use to make learning more active.