Training Educators to Use Interactive Technology Effectively With Capella University

All images courtesy of Capella University

 The challenge

When Bill Wold, Ed. D., Faculty Innovation Lead and Assistant Professor at Capella University first encountered PlayPosit by WeVideo's interactive tools, he was skeptical. Capella’s goal when adopting any new technology is to see marked improvement with learner and team engagement.

The solution

As part of his responsibilities to support innovation in the institution, Wold fully vetted the platform; through training and discussions with Capella’s Customer Success Manager at PlayPosit, he quickly learned what a large impact interactive video could make. The easiest place to refine best practices was by using PlayPosit's interactive tools to teach Capella educators how to use the platform itself. 

Soon, Wold was training faculty on interactive video creation via PlayPosit. Julianne Lasley, Ed. D., Bcba, D.,  Program Director of Applied Behavior Analysis, later learned from Wold’s instruction. She now uses PlayPosit's tools to reach students more effectively in her day-to-day teaching.

Capella University demonstrates how PlayPosit makes both student education and professional development better experiences. By using the platform’s myriad of interactivity options to give and receive feedback, it’s possible to make learners’ experiences feel more communal and engaging, leading to a stronger desire to engage with the content. 

The results

Capella has benefitted in these ways through wider adoption of PlayPosit:

• Higher rates of learner and team engagement.
• Higher student assignment grades the more times students reviewed interactive videos.
• Increased feedback from students (and availability of data) to show educators what students understand and what they do not.

Key takeaways

Using PlayPosit by WeVideo allows the following:

• Confirm engagement with videos.
• Both real-time collaboration and asynchronous feedback.
• Understand whether a lack of comprehension is due to lack of learner engagement with videos or unclear teaching.

Hear their story

Once he learned how to boost content performance internally, Wold disseminated his best practices to faculty. Lasley herself has spent years honing her online education practice, and, through reviewing learner data, found a winning formula for creating lessons. Hear more about their experiences, from their presentation during the PlayPosit Exchange below.

Benefits of interactive video

• Gives learners active roles during async training and teaching sessions.
• The ability to work on various skills during live sessions.
• Reduced need for extra assignments or homework.

Practical strategies for educators

Methods to ensure higher retention include:

• Adding bulbs with assignment information and descriptions for students who need to re-read information.
• Providing extra credit opportunities to further incentivize consumption of the material.
• Incorporating bulbs to compile student feedback (so you as an educator can adjust the material in the future, if needed).