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The Integumentary System : Types of Epithelial Tissues (06:03)

Reviewed:
Nov 16, 2018 by Biology
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
Content Quality: 4.5 stars
Effectiveness: 4.8 stars
Ease of Use: 4.8 stars
Overview:

This material is a video posted on YouTube that is 9:47 minutes long. The video gives an overview of the types of epithelium; simple squamous, simple cuboidal, simple columnar, stratified squamous, stratified cuboidal, stratified columnar, pseudostratified columnar and transitional epithelium. The video provides a definition of the epithelium and gives examples of where these epithelia are found.

Type of Material:

Presentation, tutorial

Recommended Uses:

This video could be used in a flipped classroom setting to provide instruction prior to students coming to class. It could be used as a supplement to lecture material.

Technical Requirements:

Web browser.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

After watching the video, the learner will be able to:

  • define the different types of epithelium; simple squamous, simple cuboidal, simple columnar, stratified squamous, stratified cuboidal, stratified columnar, pseudostratified columnar and transitional epithelium.
  • give examples of where each type of epithelium is located.
  • compare and contrast excretion and secretion.
  • compare and contrast keratinized and non-keratinized tissue.
Target Student Population:

Advanced high school, College lower division, College general education, Professional students. 

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Familiarity with basic biological terms

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:
  • The video is clear and concise. The presenter gives information without the use of jargon or will define specific terms.
  • The video provides a foundation for histology and cellular biology.
  • The video is accurate and provides up-to-date information.
  • The video summarizes the types of epithelia tissue well.
Concerns:
  • The video provides cartoon images of the types of epithelium. However, including histological images could be useful.
  • Narration is static and encourages passive learning instead of engaging users to participate by providing rhetorical questions in between transitions

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Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:
  • The video is clearly organized and easy for a learner to follow.
  • Closed captions are available.
  • The video is well done and looks polished and professional.
  • The video will appeal to multiple learning styles including audio and visual.
  • The resource is self-contained and portable.
  • Narration helps users focus on key concepts.
  • The video would be easy to incorporate into a lesson plan or lecture material, or to create an assignment.
Concerns:
  • The are no learning objectives provided in the video.
  • This resource would benefit from more animations or interactivity

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:
  • The video is short running only 9:47 minutes.
  • The video is easy to access and manipulate.
  • The information is organized and follows a logical order.
Concerns:

• The video lecture can use some interactivity such as asking students to identify an image of an epithelial tissue sample.
• It would help if a pause function was added in between epithelial tissue classification and provide sample images to illustrate several tissues of the same category

Other Issues and Comments:

This is a helpful addition to the student's portfolio of resources for learning animal tissue types.

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