Developing Educational Videos about National Library of Medicine K-12 Resources : Spring Project Report, August 16, 2013

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This report describes a special project create an education video about the U.S. National Library of Medicine's genetic resources. This report was completed on August 15, 2013 for work completed between January through August 2013.

Abstract

Background: The National Library of Medicine has several K-12 resources in the areas of science and health education. The project involved creating a short, engaging video to promote some of the resources, explain the basic features of the resource, and provide tips for using the resources in the classroom. Objective.The purpose of the project was to create a 3-4 minute educational video covering NLMs K-12 genetics resources. Methods: The project was accomplished by focusing on three K-12 genetic resources: Genetics Home Reference, Harry Potters World, and GeneEd. In order to provide context, the Associate Fellow reviewed 9th-12th grade national science curriculum standards, and reviewed the genetic contents of several often used science textbooks. Four teachers were contacted and asked to review the K-12 genetic resources. They were interviewed about their experiences with their responses captured on video. Two classroom settings were video-taped, one a mock setting and the other a real-life setting. The video was edited and produced using the Camtasia software. Results: Two videos were produced as a result of the project. One video explores all three genetic resources, Genetics Home Reference, Harry Potters World, and GeneEd. The second video focuses on the newest resource, GeneEd. While the project was successful, it was filled with challenges because of software and hardware issues. The resulting videos will be used at teachers conferences and perhaps be placed on the GeneEd website. Conclusion: Educational videos provide a rich medium to appropriately market the features of helpful resources to teachers and students. The video filming, editing and production process is complex and not to be undertaken lightly.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported in part by an appointment to the NLM Associate Fellowship Program sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education as well as by the Intramural Research Program of the US National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine.

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