For my 4th blog for EDCI 335 regarding interaction I chose the Youtube video “Vet explains 6 ways to keep your pet’s teeth healthy | PET CIRCLE” as an example for the prompts. This is a short informative video outlining 6 different ways to maintain oral hygiene for pets.

1) Although the video is fun and informative I would not consider it inherently interactive as it does not have any properties that pushes the watchers to respond in any way. For the most part the video is just exposition from a professional that doesn’t require any interaction on the viewer’s part.

2) One way a student may respond to this video on their would be discussing the key points of this video with other people who have pets or, by writing down notes to help them care for their own pets in the future.

3) One designed activity that students could do after watching this video would be to create an example oral health routine for their own pets, or maybe a pet they would like to get in the future. The oral maintenance methods suggested in the video have different frequencies, some requiring daily practice such as brushing and some requiring monthly or yearly practice such as scaling appointments at the vet. This could better prepare students for future pet care as it would give them a better sense of the time management skills they will need to have. Since this is a pretty simple activity this could be handwritten or completed online.

6) One way that this video could have been designed to be more interactive is by asking viewers questions to encourage thinking about the topic, or by asking the viewers to leave their thoughts down in the comments. However, since the video was designed to quickly provide helpful information those other elements may take away from the main purpose of the video.

7) If learners are having trouble accessing this video either through internet issues or due to a lack of access to technology, we could provide transcriptions or a short written summary of the video. We could also ask another student to volunteer to share their notes which could provide learner to learner interaction.

Reference

“Vet explains 6 ways to keep your pet’s teeth healthy | PET CIRCLE”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE0hTlByhYI