2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Special Lecture: Introduction to online course video creation
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Jeffrey Scott Cross / Yukihiko Yamashita
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.H311
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
A number of Science Tech courses require students to make videos for their homework but few courses teach students how to make videos using video story-telling. Please enroll in this course if you are interested in learning how to make educational videos and video story-telling. This course uses online materials to learn about educational technology (edtech), educational video planning, production and editing to create a video. Lectures will be held in a classroom on the Ookayama related to hands-on video production. This course is supported by Science Tokyo's Center for innovative teaching and learning (CITL). Students will how to make two videos during the class.
Course description and aims
learning management systems (open edX), video story-boarding, project management, educational video pre-production/production/post-production, delivery, video editing, videography, assessments (quizzes), backward course design, teaching assistant skills
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
Prof. Cross has 14 years of work experience at a Japanese multinational company as a staff researcher and group leader developing technology. He has also produced various videos for online courses, marketing, and for his own research laboratory.
Keywords
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Small Private Online Course (SPOC), video creation, e-learning, edX, project based learning
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The class is divided in course lectures on video-making, hands on workshop and group work to learn video production as team.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to online learning, edX, course syllabus, assessment, about me video storyboarding | storyboarding, video editing |
| Class 2 | hands on video making workshop and video editing (guest lecturer) | video pre-production, storyboarding, editing |
| Class 3 | educational video production | video pre-production, course content creation |
| Class 4 | group video theme and team member selection | teamwork communication |
| Class 5 | video group work | video making teamwork |
| Class 6 | video group work | video making teamwork |
| Class 7 | group video presentation and discussion | video delivery and oral presentation |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
Students should do so by referring to online course materials.
Textbook(s)
none
Reference books, course materials, etc.
A separate online course website on edge.edx.org is available for this class during the 2nd quarter. The instructor will send website information by email to students.
Evaluation methods and criteria
homework and studying online materials, making two videos: 60 sec. self-introduction (promotion) and 3-5 min group educational video
Related courses
- LAH.H310 ： Special Lecture: Introduction to edX online course creation
Prerequisites
English conversation ability is needed, familiarity with online learning (MOOCs, SPOC), video shooting and video editing software are helpful, ability to work in an online group to create an educational video and plan a group project is helpful.
Other
This course is partically supported by the Tokyo Tech CITL. The class enrollment is limited to 20 students.