Dr. Deborah Herrington, Grand Valley State University
Seminar Title: "Chemistry On Screen: What are students seeing on YouTube vs. what do we want them to find?"
Host: Matt Wu, Wu.6250@osu.ed
Seminar Zoom Link: https://osu.zoom.us/j/9303326442?pwd=UncwWmlxMkU4bzV5OThmYWU0NHJiZz09
ABSTRACT
Chemistry On Screen: What are students seeing on YouTube vs. what do we want them to find?
Videos have largely replaced textbooks as the go to resource for students. The global move to remote instruction during the COVID pandemic both catalyzed students’ reliance on videos for learning and dramatically increased the number of videos available to students. Given the students’ increased reliance on videos, it is important to understand what students are finding when they search YouTube for chemistry instructional videos and articulate what we want students to gain from watching chemistry instructional videos. Toward this goal, we developed a framework grounded in the research on chemistry learning and used this framework to analyze the content of videos across several important general chemistry concepts. The framework is built on Johnstone’s Triangle (macroscopic, particulate, and symbolic representations), three-dimensional learning, causal mechanistic reasoning, Mayer’s multimedia principles, and active engagement of students in the learning process. This talk will describe the elements of the framework and discuss common trends across multiple topics as well as topic specific limitations identified through using this framework to evaluate highly watched videos across several core chemistry concepts. Further, it will highlight how this framework and these findings can help those who create (or are planning on creating) videos for their own students.
