Many of us like to support our lectures with documentary or films that support learning activities, give students a different way to apply knowledge and afford them a break from listening to us rabbit on. But how do students respond to this?
Once, putting on a video was greeted with joy (or perhaps just relief) from students, but today a weird thing is happening. Immediately students start filing out. If asked why, they claim that they will watch the video on youtube later, or borrow it from the library. Will they? Doubtful, but like recorded lectures, any opportunity to put off something to a mythological later time seems too irresistible.
So what do we do? Keep your video presentations to short bites, 10 minutes or so where students know that more content is coming afterward. Make sure that interactive class activities and discussion (even connections to assessment) keep the material relevant and active in the student's mind. Most of all, don't assume that today's technological literate students are going to see a video as inherently beneficial or exciting. After all, they are probably watching youtube on their smartphones during your lecture.
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