Using Vidcasts as Assignment Advice Tools for Students and Lecturers

16 Pages Posted: 3 Feb 2013

Abstract

This paper explores the use of recorded videos as essay advice for students in Politics. The vidcasts were made to provide generalised assistance to students attempting final year essays in the module Elections and Voters at the University of Manchester and were uploaded onto the course virtual learning environment and Youtube. Statistics of usage show impressive uptake of the videos by students and testimony from students and results suggest that they had a positive effect on student performance. Although a word of caution is cited as the Open Data era may make analysis of the effects of technology on learning harder to assess. Finally the vidcasts proved a useful reflective tool for the course instructors and were an efficient way of managing student demand on the time of lecturing staff.

Keywords: Student Advice Tools, Politics, Learning Analytics

JEL Classification: A20

Suggested Citation

Russell, Andrew, Using Vidcasts as Assignment Advice Tools for Students and Lecturers. APSA 2013 Teaching and Learning Conference Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2210577 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2210577

Andrew Russell (Contact Author)

University of Manchester ( email )

Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9PL
United Kingdom

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