An evolution: Video-based learning

Video-based learning has become more popular than ever, and this popularity continues to grow. When it comes to video-based learning, it means something different for everyone. Video is not an easy format to define. Because videos can be of many different types, such as recordings from live lessons, motion graphic studies, kinetic videos. Today, the social value of video is positioned at a very different point, as the era we live in has made the audience a video producer.

Video in the early days of e-learning
Although the first step of creating a video may seem like a simple recording, the real process begins with properly combining the captured videos to create an effective video. In the past, it was not possible to record via mobile devices as it is now. Images captured by video cameras were uploaded to computers with a program suitable for editing. If the video format was not compatible with the software on the computer, the video would be inaccessible. In addition, the format of the video was important for the viewers, and the videos were not easily accessible by everyone.

As video-based learning technologies became more common, prices dropped. In the last two decades, vehicles that enable production in this field have been presented to users with accessible figures. At this point, since the cost problem has disappeared, two important values ​​remain: Creativity and application skill!

On the one hand, while video-oriented social media offers new formats to fuel this creativity, old boundaries are being crossed and new styles are emerging. More importantly, a new one is added to these applications every day and the process is moving towards a very exciting point.

The location of videos and the positioning of the viewer today
Nowadays, everyone shoots videos with their cell phones. Moreover, while it does not need any information about the format of this video, it can increase the production value by adding additional images, effects and texts to the video through applications.

In short, it would be fair to say that video is in a continuous evolution process. When we consider videos in the field of education, at the beginning, when it was in the experimental stage, no one thought that Youtube could be an effective learning environment. However, at the moment, this medium is one of the most effective learning areas accepted all over the world. According to the statement made by Youtube in 2018, how-to videos and educational videos are among the 10 most popular content types.

It has come to an indisputable point that content has now become a part of learning. So, how do we define video-based learning at this point? When all videos are considered as learning content, the intentions of the video producer and viewer come into play. However, the fact that the audience's intention is learning-oriented transforms the process into education. When the audience is under control, at that point it is possible to talk about the audience as an active learning participant. Today, these applications are meticulously developed by professionals and designed in accordance with the principle of mutual gain.