Determining factors for student achievement, engagement, and usage with video discussion forums
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2025
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As online instruction becomes more common, it is important to examine how instructors teach and how students learn and engage with the course material. This mixed-methods study focused on using the Flipgrid online video discussion forum across various courses, where student and instructor perceptions of the forum are detailed. Students' use of the forum was viewed through the theoretical framework of Fredricks, Blumenfeld, and Paris (2004), and the forms of engagement that were elicited using the video discussion forum were assessed. In addition, the relationship between engagement types, perceived learning, and student achievement were examined using structural equation modeling. To achieve this, this study data included results from a quantitative and qualitative survey of students to gauge their engagement and learn about their experiences with video discussion forums. Qualitative data of the class and instructor were also collected via observations and interviews.The study's results suggest that video discussion was useful for creating interaction between students and that it improved student learning. Students expressed a sense of community, confidence in their work, and felt that personal and academic reflection was encouraged through posting their assignments publicly. The results also revealed that instructors must take care to integrate video discussion into the course lest students see it as an additional burden to turning in their assignments. Most students reported being engaged by the forum, with behavioral and cognitive engagement predominant. The structural equation model showed that emotional engagement had a significant direct result on learning and achievement. These findings show that this method can help to improve student engagement, even in courses which typically have less student engagement, as long as they are integrated thoughtfully into the course and assignment design.
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Educational psychology, Educational technology, Higher education, Discussion Forums, Engagement, Flip, Flipgrid, Video
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139 pages
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