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
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