One of the most powerful tools to use in blended or an online learning is a video. There are different kinds of videos that you can use an online and blended learning every kind has its own purpose.

You can use:

a talking head
a slide video
an animated video
a screencast
a webinar

First you need to look at your course objectives and based on that you can decide what kind of video you need for your lessons.

Talking heads

In a talking head here you use the full screen. I'm using a talking head when I want to explain something without needing something else instead. You are talking to the camera as you do to the students in class. In the beginning that can give you a strange feeling but by practicing you get used to it. In a talking head you can use emotion and expression and that's something that will connect you to your audience.

You can use the online tool screencast-o-matic to make a talking head.

Slide video

If you need to explain some theory and you normally do that by using a PowerPoint during a face-to-face lesson you can use a slide video in an online or blended course. A slide video is a presentation with voiceover and with a small talking heads in the corner. It is very important that your audience see you when you are explaining something between the different slides because you use emotions and expressions. This will connect you to your audience.

You can use PowerPoint to make a voice-over slide video.

Animated video

An animated video is a nice way for explaining some theory but also if you want to promote something. An animated video is a kind of cartoon that you use to explain something on a very easy way because there's a lot of movement on the screen. Your audience will remain triggered to look further.

You can use Powtoon to make an animated video.

Screencast

If you only want to record your screen, for example to explain how digital tool works, you can also use a screencast to record. When teaching in a face-to-face lesson then you need to be sure that nobody else is on the screen otherwise you need to ask them permission to be in order with the privacy privacy rules this.

You can use screencast-o-matic to make a screencast.

Webinar

The last one is a webinar. A webinar is an online lesson that is taking place in

studio. The audience can follow the lessons synchronous, that means that the audience is following the webinar life,but on their own location normally. A webinar is being recorded so that the audience can listen to it afterwards. We call that a synchronous.

You can use Zoom to do a webinar.