If your not in to medical education the title might lack in interest. But with so much interest in video for learning yet so little formal references and statistics available I feel this is worth highlighting.
Lets focus on the conclusion and then if your interested you can read the other bits. Please note this is not the full article. Take this link to get access to full reports
So, as promised…
CONCLUSIONS:
Students who watched video clips were more active in using collaborative eLearning tools and achieved higher course grades.
This report was published as follows:
Author information
Author/s: Romanov, Kalle (K); Nevgi, Anne (A);
Affiliation: Research & Development Unit for Medical Education, University of Helsinki, Finland. kalle.romanov@helsinki.fi
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Medical teacher (Med Teach), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2007-Jun; vol 29 (issue 5) : pp 484-8
Dates: Created 2007/09/21; Completed 2008/03/13;
PMID: 17885978, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
Sourced from the National Library of Medicine. Abstract text and other information may be subject to copyright.
BACKGROUND:
There is controversial evidence of the impact of individual learning style on students’ performance in computer-aided learning.
AIMS:
We assessed the association between the use of multimedia materials, such as video clips, and collaborative communication tools with learning outcome among medical students.
METHOD:
One hundred and twenty-one third-year medical students attended a course in medical informatics (0.7 credits) consisting of lectures, small group sessions and eLearning material. The eLearning material contained six learning modules with integrated video clips and collaborative learning tools in WebCT. Learning outcome was measured with a course exam.
RESULTS:
Approximately two-thirds of students (68.6%) viewed two or more videos. Female students were significantly more active video-watchers. No significant associations were found between video-watching and self-test scores or the time used in eLearning. Video-watchers were more active in WebCT; they loaded more pages and more actively participated in discussion forums. Video-watching was associated with a better course grade.
