Analysis Of The Quality Of Delivery And Students’ Engagement In Universiti Sains Malaysia-Developed Video Lectures
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Date
2018-07
Authors
Naeini, Fatemeh Habibian
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
In an effort to transform teaching and learning in the university, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has embarked on providing recorded video lectures on its own official Learning Management System. The measure of the Quality of Delivery of video lectures is captured by the Direct Instruction model of teaching, where the instructor acts as a content expert who directly engages the learners and at the same time manages their learning. The lecturers are evaluated by their students at the end of the semester, but there is no evaluation as to whether their lectures have followed the Direct Instruction format. Furthermore, there is a need to investigate whether the video lectures trigger active engagement necessary for learning to occur, and whether the elements of the Students’ Engagement (Scanning, Problem Solving, Abstraction, Diffusion, Absorption, and Impacting) are affected by the elements of the Quality of Delivery (Introduction, Idea Development, Guided Practice, and Closure). Thus, the objectives of this study are to analyse the method of delivery of USM-developed video lectures, to explore the users’ perceived Quality of Delivery, perceived Snowball Effect, and perceived Engagement in using the USM-developed video lectures. The current study also attempts to investigate the relationships between the Direct Instruction elements with the students’ engagement, and the snowball effect of users, through using the USM-developed video lectures. A mixed method research approach was carried out for this study, involving two survey questionnaires and follow-up interview with the targeted learners. The population encompassed undergraduate students of Universiti Sains Malaysia, who registered in nine courses, in which the lecturers were recorded and uploaded their video lectures in the Learning Management System environment.
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Transform teaching and learning in the university , on providing recorded video lectures