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Improved Student Success in Online Video-Supported Face-to-Face Lectures

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Columbus, Ohio

Publication Date

June 24, 2017

Start Date

June 24, 2017

End Date

June 28, 2017

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Tagged Division

Electrical and Computer

Page Count

8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--28486

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https://peer.asee.org/28486

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532

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Ismail Uysal University of South Florida

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Dr. Ismail Uysal has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida. He is an assistant professor and the director of the RFID Lab for Applied Research at the University of South Florida. His research focuses on RFID and wireless sensors for supply chain, pharmaceuticals and healthcare as well as data analytics and machine learning applications for Internet-of-Things (IoT). His teaching focuses on improving student engagement especially for large classrooms and/or online sections.

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Abstract

Traditionally, lectures can be divided into two main groups as far as content delivery is concerned. In face-to-face format, instructor delivers the content in the classroom in real time where students are expected to take notes to later refer to the course material when preparing for an exam. In the online format, the content is available as a lecture video and audio recording where the student can watch lectures on their own schedule. While face-to-face lectures have the advantage of enabling a more engaging atmosphere within the classroom, online lectures provide flexibility and archivability. Recently, flipped classrooms have gained in popularity by combining both methods to some extent and in different ways. However, the results reported in the literature so far in terms of student success are mixed. In this work, face-to-face and online delivery methods are combined in a much more literal way by supporting traditional lectures with online video recordings of the same lectures where students are expected to attend face-to-face classes which are recorded and made available to them after the class for easy reference before the exams or to help reinforce difficult to learn topics. To compare changes in student success this study has been done throughout 4 academic semesters spanning a period of Spring 2014 to Fall 2016 with the same instructor, on a junior level “signals and systems” course for electrical engineers. The control classes had only traditional face-to-face lectures whereas the modified classes had online video support. No other differences existed in terms of course material, grading schemes, assignments, etc. In the end, statistically significant differences are observed in student grades between control sections and those supported with online video recordings. It is the author’s opinion that repetition of course material in a way that doesn’t affect time-in-class helped improve student success with minimal effort on the instruction side.

Uysal, I. (2017, June), Improved Student Success in Online Video-Supported Face-to-Face Lectures Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28486

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