What did we use in ILOOC? #2

One of the elements that was used several times in ILOOC was the short (5-10 minute) Youtube clip, prepared by external bodies.

This worked quite well, and we were aware of the importance of keeping the clips short - this links to last week's post, and will be important for clips that we create.

Disturbingly, there is some suggestion that even the 5 minute clip may be too long. In 2008, the consultancy company Tubemogbul (http://www.tubemogul.com/) assessed people's attention span while watching video clips.

Their results suggest that fewer that 1 in 10 viewers made it to 5 minutes

It is important to keep in mind that these figures were drawn from video sharing sites, rather than academic course content sites, but they nevertheless reinforce the importance of keeping it short.

It is Week 7 of the project, and we are still on schedule.