Using open source technologies and open internet resources for building an interactive video based learning environment that supports learning analytics

Abstract

The use of online videos is a common practice today amongst education professionals. Interactive features in videos are constantly evolving and a recent trend is the integration of interactive elements and web content into educational videos. The paper (a) provides a roadmap for using open source tools and open internet resources to develop a learning environment where video content is aggregated with interactive elements, educator content and content coming from the web, (b) describes how these open source tools are used for capturing and storing learner activity data, and, (c) presents findings obtained from analyzing learner activity data gathered in an educational setting during an academic year.

Supporting Constructive Video-Based Learning: Requirements Elicitation from Exploratory Studies

“…However, watching videos is inherently a passive form of learning; in order to learn effectively, students need to engage with video content [3][4][5][6]13,20,27]. Engagement with videos can be facilitated by embedding interactive activities, such as quizzes and assessment problems [8,12,14,24], or by providing environments for collaborative annotation of videos [3]. Although such strategies increase engagement, they require substantial effort from the teacher during video production, or sophisticated learning environments.…”

Comparison of interactive video test performance to overall class performance in a biomechanics course

“…Technology progressed from PowerPoint presentations to video, incorporated into the classroom significantly since 2005, possibly as a result of improved data connection at home and school as well as the boom of YouTube. 1 There have been gradual changes to the methodology by which content has been delivered to the students, whereas only a small movement has been noted in the methods used for student assessment. 2 The general student body from grammar school to university demonstrates significant variation in amounts of exposure to and practice with new media and technology.…”

Edutainment and practice in video-based learning: enriching educational videos with interactive activities and games

“…Learner viewing and activity data can be used for behavioural analysis (learning analytics) purposes. A detailed description of the module is given in Kleftodimos and Evangelidis (2016b).…”

“…Using this technique various features could be incorporated into a video-based environment, like, in-video quizzes subtitles, sections, table of contents, video, and web content aggregation, discussions, etc. as described in Kleftodimos and Evangelidis (2016b). In the current paper, the data that will be retrieved from the database are links to webpages containing knowledge testing exercises and games as well as links that initiate online software programs that can be used in training sessions.…”