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Enhancing Student Engagement Through Video Clip Curation: A Client-Focused
Exercise for Self-Development Programs
Gordon B. Schmidt
University of Louisiana Monroe, College of Business and Social Sciences, USA
Kelly G. Manix
Middle Tennessee State University, Jones College of Business, USA
Volume 18: 2025, pp. 000-000; ABSTRACT
This paper presents an experiential assignment designed to enhance student engagement
and learning in leadership and organizational behavior courses through the curation of video clips.
Grounded in research on co-creation and video-based learning, the exercise tasks students with
identifying freely available video content that illustrates key course concepts. Students then align
these clips with client-defined development levels and provide reflection questions to support
trainee learning. By framing the assignment as a deliverable for a real or fictional client
organization, the activity increases perceived stakes and promotes deeper understanding of course
concepts. The exercise offers a creative strategy to address the underrepresentation of content on
development programs in traditional management textbooks.
Keywords: leadership, video clips, development, HRD, reflection, co-creation.
