NUI Galway has been using various video projects to engage students and improve learning outcomes, such as screencasts for biomedical science and Irish language tutorials. The number of video contributions and contributors has grown significantly from 2012 to 2014, as has the number of media entries played. The document discusses how providing opportunities for student-created video content can encourage participation and support learning both inside and outside the classroom.

1. User Engagement and Learning Outcomes: How
NUI Galway is Changing the way Students
Learn Inside and Outside the Classroom
Sharon Flynn
Assistant Director, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
National University of Ireland, Galway
Email: sharon.flynn@nuigalway.ie
Twitter: @sharonlflynn
learntechgalway.blogspot.com

2. NUI Galway

3. Video Projects
Screencasts to support
student learning in
Biomedical Science
Video tutorials (in
Irish) for elderly
learners on keyboard
shortcuts
Students videoing
each other (with
smartphones) on key
issues/concepts in
Financial Economics
Virtual labs in
Pharmacology
Flipping the classroom
to support increased
group work in Irish
language teacher
training
Students to create
videos around
speech disorders
Screencasts to teach
lab calculations in
Pharmacology
education

4. The Numbers
2012 2013 2014
Number of contributions 287 718 962
Number of contributors 58 156 319
Media entries played 2,737 12,731 26,002

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13. If you build it…?

14. If you build it…?

15. Thank You
Sharon Flynn
Assistant Director, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
National University of Ireland, Galway
Email: sharon.flynn@nuigalway.ie
Twitter: @sharonlflynn
learntechgalway.blogspot.com