Learning Beliefs and Theories

To begin a conversation into how I believe people learn best, it is important to know that I teach video and film production at a state college. I teach a subject that students want to study. My first belief into how people learn best, is to relate the subject with what they want to do, rather than what they need to do. What can they gain from from class? This is the first step to motivation. Once motivated, I feel that keeping the students actively involved in the kinetic process of making videos will expose the important lessons to proper film production technique. When I teach editing, it helps for me to tell the students where and how they will use a technique they are learning and relate it to music videos or movies they like. For example, I’ll explain an editing technique used in a Rihanna video and then we’ll reproduce it. They never forget the practical uses of procedures they admire executed by industry professionals.

In educational technology, building a theory of how the above mentioned ideas work to educate others, allow us to reproduce the success. When creating podcasts like: http://www.rippletraining.com/categories/final-cut-studio-courses/final-cut-pro-products/final-cut-pro-10-core-training.html it is important to show the students the results of what they are learning. Videos instructing how to edit often get turned off after a few moments. By developing the theory of keeping students involved kinetically, we can supply footage for the students to practice the techniques they are learning. In developing mobile course for distance education of video production, I have to find new ways to get students involved in lessons. Lessons that follow the learning theories at www.brainpop.com could be a promising solution. 


I responded to:
Brandy Collins http://bcollins-learningtheoryeducationalte.blogspot.com/
and

Sonja Pugh http://sgpugh3.blogspot.com/2011/09/learning-theories.html