One of the main benefits of using asynchronous videos in your online class is that the videos provide a sense of intimacy in the classroom which leads to increased instructor presence. Online classes tend to have higher attrition rates than face-to-face instruction, so instructors need to cultivate a sense of “connectedness and decreased feelings of isolation among online learners” (Collins et al., 2020, p. 53). Students can interact with one another through asynchronous video assignments. Instructors can create prompts in programs, such as VoiceThread and Flipgrid, that require students to interact through asynchronous videos.
