ERIC Number: EJ1119566
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Publication Date: 2016-Nov
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Reflections on "YouTestTube.com": An Online Video-Sharing Platform to Engage Students with Chemistry Laboratory Classes
McClean, Stephen; McCartan, Kenneth G.; Meskin, Sheryl; Gorges, Beronia; Hagan, W. Paul
Journal of Chemical Education, v93 n11 p1863-1870 Nov 2016
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.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Social Media, Educational Technology, Web Sites, Video Technology, Science Laboratories, Chemistry, Technology Uses in Education, Science Experiments, Student Attitudes, Laboratory Experiments, Teaching Methods, Student Surveys, Foreign Countries
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