While the efficacy of video for delivering content to students, increasing engagement, and providing variety to courseware is well established, the real beauty of video as a learning and teaching tool lies in its ultimate flexibility.

There is no doubt that the past year or so has been tough all around. For a vast number of us, our lives have been turned upside down. Schools and universities have closed their gates and, for many, the workplace has shifted from offices to spare bedrooms.

Many of us already celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, but did you know that the whole month of March is Women’s History Month? It’s an opportunity to recognize women’s contributions to society throughout history, as well as a time to reflect on progress that still needs to be made. 

When choosing a video to include in your course, there are several factors you’ll want to take into consideration.

For the past five years, February 11th has been set aside to celebrate the accomplishments of women and girls in the fields of science and technology.

The benefits of integrating video into educational courseware have been well-documented. According to Kaltura's 6^th Annual State of Video in Education report (2019), relevant and digestible video content is increasingly an expectation for students from kindergarten through college. Educators and educational organizations also recognize video content as a critical component of their current and future delivery model: 

With so many teaching models emerging - blended, hybrid, and flipped learning, to name a few- it can be difficult to pin down exactly what each one involves. This is especially true when they all aim to improve student engagement with targeted use of technology.

For many students, teachers, and educational professionals around the world, learning looks very different to how it did 12 months ago. That’s why the focus of this year’s International Day of Education is recovering and revitalizing education for the COVID-19 generation. 

With the global e-Learning market expected to grow to $275 billion by 2022, according to a report by Orbis Research, and over 5 billion videos watched on YouTube daily, the appetite for both online learning and video is huge. No surprise, then, that video is an essential element of any compelling courseware.