Student as a Producer: Overcoming Language and Contextual Issues of Using Online Videos

This article discusses how to overcome the language and cultural issues of using existing online videos in classroom discussions with nonnative English-speaking groups of students, through student-produced videos given as an authentic educational assignment. Implementation of the assignment and the use of student-produced videos in classroom discussions in a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in an Asian context are described. Use of peer-instructor evaluation to enhance the meaningfulness of the assignment is also explained. Overall, the assignment led to more active and deeper learning for students, while providing a collection of videos to be used in future teaching for nonnative English-speaking students. Furthermore, recommendations for making the assignment more effective are provided