Education and Scholarship by Video

When word processors were first introduced into the workplace, they turned scholars into typists. But they also improved our work: Turnaround time for new drafts dropped from days to seconds. Rewriting became easier and more common, and our papers, educational efforts, and research output improved. I discuss the advantages of and mechanisms for doing the same with do-it-yourself video recordings of research talks and class lectures, so that they may become a fully respected channel for scholarly output and education, alongside books and articles. I consider innovations in video design to optimize education and communication, along with technology to make this change possible.

Open source methods of implementing the suggested design appear in the paper; to use Camtasia, see this.

Excerpts of this paper appeared in Political Science Today (Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2021: Pp.5-6, copy here) and in APSAEducate. See also my recorded videos here.