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Instructional Best Practices

The quality of Lightboard videos you make can be much higher with just a little bit of practice and preparation on the right things. This section recommends some instructional best practices to follow while making a Lightboard video that should result in engaging and effective learning for your students. Best practices are categorized as follows:

Behavior: Body/Physical

Narrating while writing Eye contact Staying on mark Contextual gaze  Gesture

Behavior: Content/Board Deployment

Structure/organization of written content on board Deployment of written content on board (i.e., start blank vs. pre-drawn) Leaving space around the writing to frame your face Erasing - errors or to make room Annotating a graphic

Putting It All Together to Cultivate a Social Presence

Fostering a social partnership with learners Giving social cues that help learners engage in more active cognitive processing of the content Achieving the right mix of social cues and instructor presence to facilitate learning