The impact of vodcast utilisation upon student learning in the Physiology component of a first year graduate to entry medicine module

dc.contributor.authorRae, Mark G.
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Marian
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-15T14:36:47Z
dc.date.available2019-08-15T14:36:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-11
dc.date.updated2019-08-14T11:47:58Z
dc.description.abstractThe current study sought to determine the effectiveness of video-on-demand podcasts (vodcasts) as a tool for facilitating the understanding of Physiology by first year undergraduate Graduate Entry to Medicine (GEM 1) students. Seventy three GEM 1 students were provided with full length vodcasts of lecture material in advance of each of nine Physiology lectures. Exam performance, using identical sample questions, was assessed against performance of the 2012-2013 GEM 1 class, which did not have access to the vodcasts. Qualitative information on students’ perceptions of the vodcasts was also gathered and analysed. Analysis revealed that the study group of 2013-2014 GEM 1 students achieved significantly higher grades in various examination formats in comparison to the control 2012-2013 GEM 1 cohort. Qualitative analysis of responses to the attitudinal survey revealed that the majority of students liked the vodcasts and that previewing them before lectures did indeed facilitate understanding of the lecture material. However, only 15% of the class was able to view all nine of the prepared vodcasts prior to lectures. Notably, the majority of students indicated that they also considered the vodcasts to be valuable revision tools. This study is the first to show that the use of vodcasts can provide clear, quantifiable benefits for GEM student learning over and above lecture notes and/or lecture slides alone. Our analysis suggests that this improvement was due both to their use as a preview tool as well as facility for later revision of lecture content.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRae, M.G. & McCarthy, M. (2017) 'The impact of vodcast utilisation upon student learning in the Physiology component of a first year graduate to entry medicine module'. Journal of The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 17 (2), pp. 1-23.en
dc.identifier.doi10.14434/josotl.v17i2.21125en
dc.identifier.endpage23en
dc.identifier.issn1527-9316
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learningen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8342
dc.identifier.volume17en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIndiana Universityen
dc.relation.urihttps://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/21125
dc.rights© 2017 the authors. Published in Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License, (CC-BY) 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAdult learningen
dc.subjectImproving classroom teachingen
dc.subjectInteractive learning environmentsen
dc.subjectMedia in educationen
dc.subjectTeaching/learning strategiesen
dc.titleThe impact of vodcast utilisation upon student learning in the Physiology component of a first year graduate to entry medicine moduleen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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