video broadcasts and why Skype is not the best platform for video lessons
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:06 am
"Own" Skype for Skyeng
Skyeng co-founder Khariton Matveyev came to us with a request to integrate a WebRTC solution into the Vimbox platform, which the school uses to conduct English classes online. At that time, the online English school used Skype for video communication, which has a number of shortcomings. Skype is a separate program that cannot be integrated into either a web page or its own platform. And Skype cannot be taught to “record” a lesson to gain deep control over the lessons. Skyeng was prompted to spain whatsapp number list use another video communication provider by the need to guarantee learning results - for this, it is important to know what is happening in the lessons.Alexander Laryanovsky, Managing Partner of Skyeng
Alexander Laryanovsky, Managing Partner of Skyeng
Modern education has learned to use computers, video projectors and conference calls. But by and large, other than the fact that the pictures are now moving and the "talking head" is not actually in the same room with you, online has not yet brought any progress.
For example, methodologists develop textbooks year after year. But no one knows how they are actually used. How to measure how much time each student spends on an exercise, which exercises cause difficulties for them, and which seem too easy? How to measure not only pedagogical effectiveness, but also motivation - how much does the student like this textbook in general? And how easy is it for the teacher to work with it? Which parts of the textbook are problematic, and which are the most effective from a methodological point of view?
You can put a methodologist in a class and record all the actions. But how to conduct a large-scale study? The traditional use of textbooks and many years of teaching practice allow us to draw some conclusions about the effectiveness of certain methods of teaching English. But there are many methods. How to compare them with each other, how to measure them?
Skyeng co-founder Khariton Matveyev came to us with a request to integrate a WebRTC solution into the Vimbox platform, which the school uses to conduct English classes online. At that time, the online English school used Skype for video communication, which has a number of shortcomings. Skype is a separate program that cannot be integrated into either a web page or its own platform. And Skype cannot be taught to “record” a lesson to gain deep control over the lessons. Skyeng was prompted to spain whatsapp number list use another video communication provider by the need to guarantee learning results - for this, it is important to know what is happening in the lessons.Alexander Laryanovsky, Managing Partner of Skyeng
Alexander Laryanovsky, Managing Partner of Skyeng
Modern education has learned to use computers, video projectors and conference calls. But by and large, other than the fact that the pictures are now moving and the "talking head" is not actually in the same room with you, online has not yet brought any progress.
For example, methodologists develop textbooks year after year. But no one knows how they are actually used. How to measure how much time each student spends on an exercise, which exercises cause difficulties for them, and which seem too easy? How to measure not only pedagogical effectiveness, but also motivation - how much does the student like this textbook in general? And how easy is it for the teacher to work with it? Which parts of the textbook are problematic, and which are the most effective from a methodological point of view?
You can put a methodologist in a class and record all the actions. But how to conduct a large-scale study? The traditional use of textbooks and many years of teaching practice allow us to draw some conclusions about the effectiveness of certain methods of teaching English. But there are many methods. How to compare them with each other, how to measure them?