Using YouTube Video Vincent Van Gogh’s the Starry Night: Great Art Explained in Teaching Art and Language Appreciation Classroom

Abstract

In the currently predominant online teaching environment, teachers use materials that are available on the Internet for their classes, be they paid content or otherwise. YouTube, as the most popular free video-sharing site, has been one of the sources of instructional material in the form of online videos. One very popular YouTube video, titled Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night: Great Art Explained was used in the teaching of Art and Language Appreciation (Apresiasi Bahasa dan Seni) class in Universitas Negeri Malang in November 2021, and its use provides insight into using free video content in online teaching. This study intends to analyze the students' perceptions of the video's characteristics and values that make it as a good learning material for the teaching of the Art and Language Criticism (Apresiasi Bahasa dan Seni), as seen in the positive response of the class' students when they were asked to watch the video in class. The data of this study is the students' responses, in the form of essays of the summary and their opinion of the video. This study uses a qualitative approach to analyze the data and relate the findings of the students' responses to identify the good qualities of the video as instructional material. Students recognized the use of the video as a useful media as they learned new knowledge and life values. The video itself was reported to be easy enough to understand, it triggered their curiosity, and it was interesting to them.