Improving Academic and Professional Engagement in Higher Education Online Students Through Video-Making: School Librarians on the Screen

Abstract

There is an increasing offer of online training in higher education, which develops the interest in educational research and consolidates new conceptual practices applied to e-learning. This study seeks to reflect on the use of video creation by students as an active learning strategy, with a view to greater student involvement in a distance university. From the context of a curricular unit that uses different strategies beyond the traditional reading of documents, including active learning, it is intended that the student participates in a committed way, preparing future professional practices. Thus, the creation of videos was proposed as a powerful tool to engage students. The strategy was aligned with feedback. Achievements granted by the students who participated in the activity proved what the literature has stated: that the active learning approach based on videos positively achieves the objectives and results that aim at successful learning. Also, feedback reinforces student self-regulation, enabling insights that improve their experiential learning.