Effects of Captions and Time-Compressed Video on Learner Performance and Satisfaction

• In Event: 26.081 - Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: 26.081-9 - Advanced Technologies for Learning Poster Session

Abstract

Digital video is becoming increasingly popular in higher education with faculty digitally recording and broadcasting lectures for students to learn-on-demand. Students have discovered accelerated playback features in popular computer software and use it to reduce the amount of time watching videos. In the current study, 147 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to one of six video treatments based on a 3 Video Speed (1.0 = Normal vs. 1.25 = Fast vs. 1.50 = Very Fast) x 2 Captions (Captions Present vs. Captions Absent) x 2 Trial (Trial 1 vs. Trial 2) design. Results show no significant difference on learner performance across treatments based on Video Speed. A significant difference was found on learner satisfaction in favor of a normal speed.

Authors

• Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt, University of Florida

• Raymond Pastore, University of North Carolina - Wilmington

• Robert Davis, University of Florida