Using video for lab reports

By Michael Seery2015-02-10T11:15:00

Source: © Keith Morris / Alamy

Michael Seery discusses how creating videos in the lab can improve students' practical skills

Chemistry Education Research and Practice (CERP) published an interesting paper recently on using student-produced video lab reports (the article is free to access). The authors suggest that with prevalence and ease of use of mobile phones, recording videos is a viable alternative to the traditional lab report.

Michael Seery summarises and reviews the paper.

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