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Analyzing the demand for video material in veterinary education
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Lina Müller
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Competence Centre for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research in Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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Andrea Tipold
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Clinic for Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Hannover, Germany
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Christin Kleinsorgen
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Competence Centre for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research in Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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Elisabeth Schaper
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Competence Centre for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research in Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
| Published: | September 10, 2015 |
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The University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation (TiHo) is producing video material for veterinary students.
On the one hand the TiHo is providing worldwide accessible videos on YouTube, on the other hand some lecture recordings are already available at the university homepage (www.tiho-hannover.de).
Educational videos are uploaded to the TiHo YouTube channel “TiHoVideos” as a studying aid. YouTube users can subscribe to the channel and videos are being watched frequently. Video instructions showing the correct approach to the different learning stations in the Clinical Skills Lab (CSL) were produced and uploaded.
Lecture recordings with lecturnity® by imc and web seminars (“webinar”) recorded with Adobe®Connect™ by Adobe Systems (Deutsches Forschungsnetz, DFN) are available either openly or password protected. To improve teaching methods, lecture recordings with the software Opencast Matterhorn® by the Opencast Community are planned and in production. Opencast Matterhorn® is free open-source software to manage educational audio and video content, e.g. produce lecture recordings, manage the contents and distribute the material to the students.
In order to evaluate the users’ attitude towards video material in veterinary education, this study concentrates on the perception of the veterinary students and lecturers.
To evaluate the actual utilization of the TiHo YouTube videos, veterinary students will be asked to complete questionnaires with regard to their study sessions in the CSL.
Their experience with those YouTube videos in addition to whether and in what way their experience in the CSL was influenced from watching them will be rated and evaluated.
The expected data will help to outline the correlation between the usage of YouTube videos and students’ visits to the CSL.
The demand for veterinary lecture recordings amongst students and lecturers is to be determined by using questionnaires in combination with focus group interviews. A prepared guideline for the focus group interviews will lead the qualitative collection of data.
The guideline for the focus group interviews and the questionnaires are being developed. First results in this ongoing study will be presented at the InVeST conference.
The production of video material is complex, so the demand for and the utilization of these videos needs to be assessed. With the expected data, the videos can be further adapted to the needs of the students to ideally support their learning experience.
