Chunked Lectures: A new model for conducting online lectures within Information Technology higher education

TL;DR

This paper introduces a chunked lecture model designed to improve attention span, comprehension, and retention in online IT education, supported by student preference and analytics data.

Contribution

It proposes a novel chunked lecture approach for online IT courses, addressing attention span issues and enhancing learning effectiveness.

Findings

Student preference data supports chunked lectures

Analytics show increased engagement with chunked format

Potential for improved knowledge retention

Abstract

The primary aim of this study in this paper aside from presenting student preference survey data and analytics data with relation to learning videos, is to address the attention span issues with our cohort of Information Technology students specifically and propose a new model being chunked lectures for delivering online lectures within the Information Technology discipline which may manage attention span more effectively and thus may also increase comprehension and retention of knowledge.