Video for Learning
This is NOT Educational Video.
It’s A Video Platform for Modern Learning.
Your learners have phones with great video cameras.
Why not let them use video for practice, creativity, and feedback?
in education, training, sports, artistic performance, and more
We know that in-class time and space are too tight to see all our students practicing, let alone give them feedback. So why aren’t we using video? Video for doing, not for watching.
We can ask students to practice on their own, but it’s hard to check up on them. Now you can. Video homework. Students record and upload from their phones. Easy. Practice you can see.
Teachers or peers give feedback when it matters. You type a comment, the student’s video stops, your feedback is placed right there. Feedback that’s right to the point.
We know time and space are too tight to see all our learners practicing their skills. It’s even harder to give them feedback. So why aren’t we using video? Video for doing, not for watching.
We can ask learners to practice skills but it’s hard to check up on them. Now you can. Video homework. Students record and upload from their phones. Practice you can see.
Teachers, coaches, managers, or peers give feedback when it matters. You watch, then type a comment, the video stops, and your feedback is placed right there. Feedback that’s right to the point.
Learners use their phones to record themselves practicing.
Students and teachers share and mark up videos.
WeVu is for all kinds of learning
In language classes, students can all practice speaking on their own at home, recording the audio in the app. Then they get feedback as text and audio from their teachers. 2000 language students this year are using the system at UBC in Vancouver.
In Nursing and Occupational Therapy students practice or do simulations in groups, upload their video, and get comments on the video timeline from their instructors. They’re using it for patient assessments and clinical skills simulations.
In Law and Academic Communication classes, students self-record presentations and get feedback from their peers and then from their professor. They’re using it to practice legal arguments in a moot court and to present academic research.
In Music, students record and watch themselves conducting an ensemble and get comments from the professor as well as from the players themselves. Students making videos for classes can collaborate and then get feedback on what they’ve made.
Educators built WeVu
It's a swiss-army knife for video for learning
Comments/Feedback on the Video Timeline
Comments shared with teacher or class
Peer Feedback, Peer Assessment
Feedback as Text, Audio, or Video
Feedback & Grading Workflow for Teachers
Video/Audio Transcript Viewer
Record from Smartphone, Immediate Upload
Video/Audio Assignment Hand-in Box
3-second Import from YouTube, Dropbox
Analytics by student, by video, by class, by activity
Archiving of Competency-Based Learning
Highly Customizable Workflow
... and here's what professors say about WeVu
I was very impressed with most of the student discussion on the video. Many students told me after the class that they enjoyed that component of the course. I think that part of it was that the videos were pretty fun, but part of it was that even the shy students who have a hard time speaking in a class of 60 could contribute there. So, for what it’s worth, anecdotally, I think they really liked it. I’m sure there are more advanced ways to use the technology for pedagogical purposes, but even for something basic it seemed to spark engagement instead of just having them watch the videos.
This allowed me to create a presentation that I did not have to present in front of an entire class. I could record it at home, which meant I did not have to find childcare for my son, which I would have if we had presented in office hours. I still got the practice and feedback from my prof.
I am really satisfied with WeVu and my students love it. It offers a lot of possibilities in the classroom. I would love to use it again next academic year.
Future teachers are asked to give mini lessons. Usually you have your peers comment during the class but you can learn much more if you have a video of what you have done. You can learn even more if you and your peers can comment on the video.
This is a fantastic way for students to review their own playing and for professors to give highly specific feedback.
A great tool because it allows both recording of student speech and precise feedback through the annotation tool.
You can use WeVu as a powerful, all-purpose video management system for your program, college, school, university, or business
But don’t just broadcast video. Use it for learning too!
