TY - GEN
T1 - Student's choice of learning medium does not affect performance but study regularity does
AU - Au, Oliver Tat Sheung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Students in a year 4 computing course were given a choice of learning activities using different media: Live lectures, on-demand recorded lectures, and PowerPoint slides with/without transcripts. Students preferred slides with transcripts more than the other learning media because it enables them to concentrate better. However, students perform equally well regardless of their preferred choice of learning medium. We found that students who studied regularly week after week performed better than students who studied erratically. Our twofold recommendations are for courses designed to provide multiple learning media for students to choose and to encourage students to study regularly rather than in an erratic pattern.
AB - Students in a year 4 computing course were given a choice of learning activities using different media: Live lectures, on-demand recorded lectures, and PowerPoint slides with/without transcripts. Students preferred slides with transcripts more than the other learning media because it enables them to concentrate better. However, students perform equally well regardless of their preferred choice of learning medium. We found that students who studied regularly week after week performed better than students who studied erratically. Our twofold recommendations are for courses designed to provide multiple learning media for students to choose and to encourage students to study regularly rather than in an erratic pattern.
KW - Instructional media
KW - Learning performance
KW - Slide-based lecture notes
KW - Slides with transcripts
KW - Student retention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071016579&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISET.2019.00061
DO - 10.1109/ISET.2019.00061
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85071016579
T3 - Proceedings - 2019 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2019
SP - 258
EP - 261
BT - Proceedings - 2019 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2019
A2 - Wang, Fu Lee
A2 - Au, Oliver
A2 - Klimova, Blanka
A2 - Hynek, Josef
A2 - Hynek, Petra
T2 - 2019 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2019
Y2 - 2 July 2019 through 4 July 2019
ER -