Usefulness of Instructor Annotations on Flipped Learning Preparation Video System

TL;DR

This study introduces 'Steering Mark', an instructor annotation tool for flipped learning videos, which improves content quality and enhances learner motivation and satisfaction based on an experiment with undergraduates.

Contribution

The paper presents a novel annotation tool, 'Steering Mark', that helps instructors improve video content quality and learner engagement in flipped learning environments.

Findings

Steering Mark effectively improves video content quality.

Learners showed increased motivation and satisfaction.

The tool was validated through an experiment with 34 undergraduates.

Abstract

Flipped learning is a method that flips in/out class activities to make lectures learner-centered. In flipped learning, comments from learners on preparation material are useful information for instructors to consider before deciding in-class topics. Thus, we arrive at the notion that receiving comments from instructors will be effective for learners watching the video. By including annotations from instructors, we propose to improve the quality of content for learners and thus enhance learners' motivation and study satisfaction. To achieve this, we introduced "Steering Mark," a tool that enables learners to easily grasp the overall structure of a video, to the video learning system. We examined the effectiveness and influence of Steering Mark through an experiment with 34 undergraduate learners. As a result, Steering Mark was found to be useful in improving the quality of video content for learners.