Low-cost, high-impact video production techniques for laboratory instructional materials

Video production techniques have been developed to produce laboratory instructional materials that are low cost, both in terms of cash outlay and in instructor development time, and yet which achieve high impact in terms of student learning effectiveness. This paper reviews the instructional needs of the students that motivate the specific choice of production techniques, and presents assessment results from classroom use of the methods. The techniques have been developed to support lab-oriented courses that require students to become proficient users of a set of CAD tools.