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Do Students Really Learn From Internet Videos?. Jim Bidlack, University of Central Oklahoma Jeff Bell, California State University, Chico 4 th Annual International Symposium Emerging Technologies for Online Learning July 11-13, 2011 The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA
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Do Students Really Learn From Internet Videos? Jim Bidlack, University of Central Oklahoma Jeff Bell, California State University, Chico 4th Annual International Symposium Emerging Technologies for Online LearningJuly 11-13, 2011 The Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, CA A Joint Symposium of the Sloan Consortium and MERLOT
In this Presentation, you will have the opportunity to… • View results from Internet search engines • Review the ratings from students who have viewed Internet videos • See actual video interviews with students providing feedback • Participate by providing comments on what students may or may not be learning from educational videos
Quality and Style Varies • Clips from professionally produced educational videos • Instructor produced videos • A good learning experience for the student doing the project
Questions • Do students find videos helpful? • How do videos compare to textbooks or lecture? • Do students get more from student produced videos?
Results from Internet Search Engines(Data acquired July 5, 2011)
YouTube Videos Evaluated • What's the Difference Between Mitosis and Meiosis?(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frrJWds3knc) • Fungi Diversity: Wow! Fungi Plant Growth(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puDkLFcCZyI) • Nervous System: Nervous System(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkPNwqm0mM)
Criteria for the Evaluation • This video helped you to better understand the topic. • The information corresponded well with what you learned from lecture and the textbook. • Inclusion of this video would encourage and enrich your learning experience in the classroom. • You were able to learn more from this video than you did from the textbook. • You were able to learn more from this video than you did from lecture. • You would prefer to have this video replace material presented in the classroom.
The Rating Scale Used By Students 1= strongly disagree 2 = disagree 3 = neutral 4 = agree 5 = strongly agree
The Results(Based on 126 Students during the Summer 2010, Spring 2011, and Summer 2011 Semesters)
Video Interviews with Students Part 1 of 4 Interview #1: “Chalk and talk better…videos as accessory material.”
Video Interviews with Students Part 2 of 4 Interview #2: “Videos better than just lecturing.”
Video Interviews with Students Part 3 of 4 Interview #3: “Videos good for a visual learner.”
Video Interviews with Students Part 4 of 4 Interview #4: “Videos can’t replace lecture.”
Conclusions • Students generally liked the materials as learning accessories (rating of 2.5 to 4.0) • Students did not believe YouTube videos should be used to replace their learning experience (rating of 1.5 to 3.0) • Students preferred professionally done videos (rating of 3.2) compared to student videos (rating of 2.3)