OBSERVING THE IMPACT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING
OBSERVING THE IMPACT OF YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING

Author(s): Viorica Condrat
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, General Reference Works, Library and Information Science
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: YouTube videos; learning; engagement; autonomous learning; motivation
Summary/Abstract: The rapid technological development has tremendously impacted people‟s every walkof life including the way they learn. Thus, researchers and educators try to look for viable solutions toharness the potential technology can bring to the education process. One way to engage students at present in actual learning is to use/create YouTube videos for university courses. The article describes aqualitative study of the impact YouTube videos had on students‟ engagement and learning during2023-2024 at the classes held at Alecu Russo Balti State University. The data was gathered with thehelp of observation and informal discussions with the students. Analyzing students‟ behavior andactions it appears that YouTube videos can positively impact students‟ engagement and learning if thestudents are autonomous learners and are intrinsically motivated to study at the university. Thus, teachers should think of how to optimally integrate the YouTube videos into the education process. Similarly, they should consider creating their own YouTube content to scaffold their students‟ learning.

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