Video Prompts

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Description

Video prompts are short video clips used to launch attention, curiosity, discussion, or analysis. They are useful when a brief visual or narrative stimulus can focus learners on a question, problem, or phenomenon.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A clip clearly tied to the learning objective
• A prompt or follow-up task that directs attention to what matters

Constraints

• Video without a follow-up question often becomes passive viewing

Target Learning Goals

• Capture attention and initiate analysis or discussion.

Affordances

• Engagement
• Cognitive Activation

Claims

• Guo et al. found engagement depends on video production style: short videos, talking heads on slides, Khan-style drawing more engaging than slides or coding, classroom recording weak online [+W]

Related Elements

• Gain Attention
• Discussion Prompt
• Real-World Problems

Patterns That Use This Element

• Anchored Instruction
• Flipped Learning

Examples

• A short clip introduces a dilemma or phenomenon that learners must explain or discuss.

Key Sources

• Mayer, R. E. (2009). Multimedia learning (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511811678

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title	Video Prompts
description	Video prompts are short video clips used to launch attention, curiosity, discussion, or analysis.
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