Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video

Improving the effectiveness of learning when students observe video lectures becomes urgent with the rising advent of (web-based) video materials. Vital questions are how students differ in their learning preferences and what patterns in viewing video can be detected in log files. Our experiments in...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De Boer, J., Kommers, Petrus, De Brock, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51675
_version_ 1848758751440404480
author De Boer, J.
Kommers, Petrus
De Brock, B.
author_facet De Boer, J.
Kommers, Petrus
De Brock, B.
author_sort De Boer, J.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Improving the effectiveness of learning when students observe video lectures becomes urgent with the rising advent of (web-based) video materials. Vital questions are how students differ in their learning preferences and what patterns in viewing video can be detected in log files. Our experiments inventory students' viewing patterns while watching instructional videos. Four viewing styles were postulated and checked for correlations with existing learning styles and the recent signaling of parallels with the learner's short-term memory capacity. Finally we checked whether learners' awareness of their actual viewing style potentially contributed to learning outcomes. The viewing behavior of 50 undergraduate students has been investigated. The students performed an individual learning task based upon instructional videos. Felders learning styles test and Huai's short-term memory test were used and checked for correlation. Video recordings in a usability lab were used to measure the students' viewing behavior. A multiple-choice test was integrated to measure possible learning effects. Moreover, students were interviewed afterwards. No strong correlation between the viewing styles and pervasive personal traits of students was perceived. Some students seem to switch their viewing style based upon their cognitive need, without lowering their test score. This flexibility of the student in adapting his viewing behavior might account for the missing correlation between pervasive personality traits and viewing styles. Students scored 20% higher on the test scores when using an awareness instruction. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T09:48:58Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-51675
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T09:48:58Z
publishDate 2011
publisher Pergamon
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-516752017-09-13T15:36:20Z Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video De Boer, J. Kommers, Petrus De Brock, B. Improving the effectiveness of learning when students observe video lectures becomes urgent with the rising advent of (web-based) video materials. Vital questions are how students differ in their learning preferences and what patterns in viewing video can be detected in log files. Our experiments inventory students' viewing patterns while watching instructional videos. Four viewing styles were postulated and checked for correlations with existing learning styles and the recent signaling of parallels with the learner's short-term memory capacity. Finally we checked whether learners' awareness of their actual viewing style potentially contributed to learning outcomes. The viewing behavior of 50 undergraduate students has been investigated. The students performed an individual learning task based upon instructional videos. Felders learning styles test and Huai's short-term memory test were used and checked for correlation. Video recordings in a usability lab were used to measure the students' viewing behavior. A multiple-choice test was integrated to measure possible learning effects. Moreover, students were interviewed afterwards. No strong correlation between the viewing styles and pervasive personal traits of students was perceived. Some students seem to switch their viewing style based upon their cognitive need, without lowering their test score. This flexibility of the student in adapting his viewing behavior might account for the missing correlation between pervasive personality traits and viewing styles. Students scored 20% higher on the test scores when using an awareness instruction. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51675 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.10.015 Pergamon restricted
spellingShingle De Boer, J.
Kommers, Petrus
De Brock, B.
Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video
title Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video
title_full Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video
title_fullStr Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video
title_full_unstemmed Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video
title_short Using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video
title_sort using learning styles and viewing styles in streaming video
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51675