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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 1863-1870 |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Early online date | 2 Sep 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2 Sep 2016 |
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Keywords
- First-Year Undergraduate/General
- Laboratory Instruction
- Computer-Based Learning
- YouTestTube
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Reflections on "YouTestTube.com": An Online Video-Sharing Platform To Engage Students with Chemistry Laboratory Classes. / McClean, Stephen; McCartan, K; Meskin, Sheryl; Gorges, Beronia; Hagan, William.
Vol. 93, No. 11, 02.09.2016, p. 1863-1870.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflections on "YouTestTube.com": An Online Video-Sharing Platform To Engage Students with Chemistry Laboratory Classes
AU - McClean, Stephen
AU - McCartan, K
AU - Meskin, Sheryl
AU - Gorges, Beronia
AU - Hagan, William
PY - 2016/9/2
Y1 - 2016/9/2
N2 - This paper describes the construction and development of YouTestTube.com, a YouTube clone website to facilitate video-sharing, social networking, and reflections of chemistry laboratory classes for year one students within the School of Biomedical Sciences at Ulster University. The practice was first introduced in the 2008/09 academic year and has developed until the present time. We reflect on our findings with regard to the production and sharing of short student-generated video documentaries on laboratory experiments, and attendant social networking. We found that students enjoyed the process of viewing, rating, and commenting upon colleagues' videos but that social networking did not happen spontaneously or organically. Students did find that learning and networking happened effectively when working in small groups to produce the final version of the video. The use of some of the videos as peer-generated learning objects was reported to be useful in helping engage year one, semester one students in their early days in tertiary education.
AB - This paper describes the construction and development of YouTestTube.com, a YouTube clone website to facilitate video-sharing, social networking, and reflections of chemistry laboratory classes for year one students within the School of Biomedical Sciences at Ulster University. The practice was first introduced in the 2008/09 academic year and has developed until the present time. We reflect on our findings with regard to the production and sharing of short student-generated video documentaries on laboratory experiments, and attendant social networking. We found that students enjoyed the process of viewing, rating, and commenting upon colleagues' videos but that social networking did not happen spontaneously or organically. Students did find that learning and networking happened effectively when working in small groups to produce the final version of the video. The use of some of the videos as peer-generated learning objects was reported to be useful in helping engage year one, semester one students in their early days in tertiary education.
KW - First-Year Undergraduate/General
KW - Laboratory Instruction
KW - Computer-Based Learning
KW - YouTestTube
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00045
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00045
M3 - Article
VL - 93
SP - 1863
EP - 1870
IS - 11
ER -