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there are three extreme "types" of instructional videos one can create:

1. Recording of a person presenting a topic
*([example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqcWr1qqjFA&list=PLQ-85lQlPqFNmbPEsMoxb5dM5qtRaVShn&index=5) by Pavel Pevzner)*
* This is also known as the "talking head" video style
* Example: [*Dynamic Programming and Backtracking Pointers*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqcWr1qqjFA&list=PLQ-85lQlPqFNmbPEsMoxb5dM5qtRaVShn&index=5) (Pavel Pevzner)
2. Recording of instructional materials (e.g. hand-written or slides) with voice-over
*([example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39PVhxUp8P8&list=PLM_KIlU0WoXmkV4QB1Dg8PtJaHTdWHwRS&index=48) by me)*
* The hand-written tablet capture style is also known as "Khan-style" (named after [Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/))
* Example: [*Multiway Tries (MWTs)*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39PVhxUp8P8&list=PLM_KIlU0WoXmkV4QB1Dg8PtJaHTdWHwRS&index=48) (Niema Moshiri)
* Tutorials: [*Making a KSV*](https://youtu.be/Ohu-5sVux28?si=RU-p4XGUYXkg8TDG) (Khan Academy),
[*Recording Khan Academy Style Videos*](https://github.com/niemasd/teaching/blob/master/Tutorials/VideosKhanAcademy.md) (Niema Moshiri)
3. Animations visualizing a topic (e.g. computer-generated) with voice-over
*([example](https://youtu.be/VzPD009qTN4?si=EPoB07fnoC1szFjX) by Kurzgesagt)*
* Example: [*How Bacteria Rule Over Your Body – The Microbiome*](https://youtu.be/VzPD009qTN4?si=EPoB07fnoC1szFjX) (Kurzgesagt)

Of course, this is an extreme oversimplification,
and in practice,
a single video can incorporate a blend of all of these methods
(and potentially others not described here!),
but hopefully this gives you a decent idea of what is in the realm of possibility.
Videos (especially with the instructor's face)
can help make an otherwise fully isolated course *feel* more personal,
and the ability to incorporate motion and continuous visual flow
can make videos an engaging way to learn a topic {cite:p}`guo_how_2014`.
However, videos can be very difficult to standardize,
and they can be expensive and technically difficult to produce {cite:p}`hansch_video_2015`.
Further, once created,
a video is *incredibly* difficult and costly to update {cite:p}`compeau_life_2015`,
often requiring re-recording it
(in-part or in-full).

When creating instructional videos,
note that they have fairly rapid engagement drop-off,
and each individual video should ideally be **under 10 minutes**
{cite:p}`guo_how_2014,manasrah_short_2021`.
Further, it may be beneficial to try to make each individual video as modular as possible
(i.e., reduce dependencies on prior videos as much as possible)
to enable easy addition, removal, rearrangement, and replacement.

If you have given any lectures later than e.g. 2010,
*especially* if you have given any lectures during the COVID-19 pandemic,
chances are that you may already have recordings of those lectures at your disposal.
While it might be tempting to just throw those videos into an online course,
I highly encourage you not to do so.

TODO TALK ABOUT SHORT TOPIC VIDEOS. CITE PAPERS ABOUT STUDENTS NOT FINISHING LONG VIDEOS

MAYBE CITE CHRISTINE'S PAPER ABOUT CUTTING EXISTING LECTURE RECORDINGS AS A TIME-SAVING APPROACH
While they're likely *far* too long to use as-is,
all hope is not lost:
recordings of a longer traditional lecture can be split into smaller chunks,
potentially with added annotations and enhancements,
to be used as shorter instructional videos in online learning.

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@inproceedings{guo_how_2014,
address = {Atlanta Georgia USA},
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language = {en},
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@inproceedings{manasrah_short_2021,
address = {Amman, Jordan},
title = {Short {Videos}, or {Long} {Videos}? {A} {Study} on the {Ideal} {Video} {Length} in {Online} {Learning}},
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language = {en},
urldate = {2024-04-18},
journal = {SSRN Electronic Journal},
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year = {2015},
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title = {Life after {MOOCs}},
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issn = {0001-0782, 1557-7317},
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abstract = {Online science education needs a new revolution.},
language = {en},
number = {10},
urldate = {2024-04-18},
journal = {Communications of the ACM},
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year = {2015},
pages = {41--44},
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@inproceedings{minnes_podcast_2019,
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doi = {10.1145/3287324.3287465},
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urldate = {2024-04-18},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 50th {ACM} {Technical} {Symposium} on {Computer} {Science} {Education}},
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