
department create series of screencasts that clearly
demonstrate the algorithms for working with
specialized software, including electronic document
management systems, bibliographic databases,
archival recorders, and digital metadata services.
For instance, in the course “Library and
Information Support for the Scientic and Technical
Field,” within the module on the Koha library system,
seven screencasts lasting 4–6 minutes each were
used. These covered tasks such as entering a new
record, importing MARC les, editing authority les,
and generating reports. Each video segment was
accompanied by an interactive form for assessing
comprehension.
The innovative aspect also lies in using
screencasts as a tool for developing students’
research autonomy, reective thinking, and self-
organization skills. Twenty-rst-century pedagogy
envisions learning as a process of self-construction
of knowledge. In this regard, KhAI employs a
modular course structure that incorporates micro-
screencasts, short instructional videos designed to
guide learners step by step through specic actions
or skills. This approach enables differentiation of
educational content and its adaptation to individual
learning pace.
Within the “Library and Information Support
for the Scientic and Technical Field” module,
each student is invited to watch video instructions
on creating a bibliographic record in Zotero, then
independently compile an original bibliography on
a given topic, record a screencast of their process,
and submit it for peer review via the Moodle
(Mentor) platform.
It is important to note that in the professional
training of future specialists in library, information,
and archival science, a crucial role is played by
the ability to work with digital content, as well
as to create, analyze, and transform information
into a visual format. For this reason, the curricula
include specic assignments for students to
develop their own original screencasts. This allows
not only for assessing the level of mastery of the
program material but also for developing key
research competencies. In this context, the creation
of an original screencast is regarded as a form of
scholarly documentation and reection: the student
does not merely reproduce an action mechanically
but learns to structure the process, explain its logic,
and present the results of their own micro-research.
For example, within the project-based module of
the «Archival Science» discipline, students create
screencasts on organizing a digital archive, creating
metadata, and optimizing searches in an electronic
environment. One of the most successful practices
was an assignment to create a video tutorial for new
archive employees, in which a student explains the
stages of entering a document into the electronic
records system; this product was later used in the
university’s actual archive for staff training.
Technological support for this process is
provided by software products such as Camtasia
Studio, OBS Studio, Loom, Bandicam, and Screencast-
O-Matic, which offer a wide range of functionalities
for recording, editing, and publishing screencasts.
The use of the Moodle (Mentor) platform, integrated
into the university’s educational environment,
deserves special attention. It enables the effective
distribution of learning modules with video support,
the organization of forum discussions about
screencasts, and the didactic modeling of situations
based on visual case studies. For instance, in the
course «Library and Information Support for the
Scientic and Technical Field», a problem-based
scenario (a failure case) was implemented where a
student rst watches a screencast demonstrating an
incorrect search in the Scopus database and then, in
a video format, shows how to properly implement
the search strategy.
This approach serves as a vivid illustration of
research-based learning in action. It models a real-
life scientic inquiry situation, where the ability to
identify errors in one’s own or another’s research
strategy, analyze them, and nd optimal solutions is
a key competency of a researcher.
The scientic and methodological foundation
for the use of screencasts in the educational process
at KHAI is based on the ideas of constructivism,
social learning (Bandura, 1982), the concept of
multimodal learning (Kress & Leeuwen, 2004),
digital hermeneutics (Mallery et al., 1986; Marres,
2017; Akker et al., 2011), and the Cognitive
Theory of Multimedia Learning (Mayer, 2014).
According to Mayer’s approach, the effectiveness of
material assimilation depends on the harmonious
combination of visual and verbal channels of
perception, which in screencasts is realized through
the synchronization of video, audio commentary,
and accompanying subtitles or text annotations.
At KhAI, special attention is given to the
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