Enhancing Student Interactions in Online Learning: A Case of Using YouTube in a Distance Learning Module in a Higher Education Institution in Uganda

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorNamubiru Ssentamu, Proscovia
dc.contributor.authorNgambi, Dick
dc.contributor.authorBagarukayo, Emily
dc.contributor.authorBaguma, Rehema
dc.contributor.authorMutambo Nabushawo, Harriet
dc.contributor.authorNalubowa, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-16T16:56:49Z
dc.date.available2023-03-16T16:56:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractOne of the challenges facing higher education institutions in general and Uganda in particular, is the widening gulf between increased use of technology for teaching and learning and achieving meaningful learning outcomes, especially in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we report on one use of technology where a teacher’s integration of YouTube videos in teaching increased students’ levels of interaction with the content of the video, with peers and with the instructor (teacher). Guided by the sequential mixed-method design, a series of online learning activities were designed and matched with a carefully selected YouTube video. The activity was piloted and refined for use on purposefully selected teaching staff. The staff watched the videos that were uploaded on the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and responded to online learning tasks at individual and group levels. The VLE served as a knowledge sharing space for reflections. The paper concludes that lesson design was critical in enriching the VLE with carefully selected YouTube videos. Our key recommendations are: focus on the learning outcomes, design for the desired interactions, build into the task reflections, and decide whether to pre-select YouTube videos for students or to allow students to find appropriate YouTube videos; use reflections and knowledge sharing spaces. Further work has built reflective questions in the video which allows student to pause and reflect.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSsentamu, P. N., Ng’ambi, D., Bagarukayo, E., Baguma, R., Nabushawo, H. M., & Nalubowa, C. (2020). Enhancing student interactions in online learning: a case of using YouTube in a distance learning module in a higher education institution in Uganda. High Educ Res. doi: 10.11648/j.her.20200504.11en_US
dc.identifier.other10.11648/j.her.20200504.11
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8214
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHigher Education Researchen_US
dc.subjectDigital Taxonomyen_US
dc.subjectDistance Learningen_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.subjectInteractive Learningen_US
dc.subjectStudent Pedagogical Supporten_US
dc.subjectVirtual Learning Environmenten_US
dc.subjectYouTubeen_US
dc.titleEnhancing Student Interactions in Online Learning: A Case of Using YouTube in a Distance Learning Module in a Higher Education Institution in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Enhancing Student Interactions in Online Learning.pdf
Size:
1.68 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Engineering and Technology