Providing personalized course video viewing experiences through student and instructor viewing analysis

TitleProviding personalized course video viewing experiences through student and instructor viewing analysis
Faculty/College/UnitApplied Science
StatusCompleted
Duration1 Year
Initiation04/01/2015
Completion03/31/2016
Project Summary

Though students spend much time watching videos in flipped, distance, and other flexible learning environments, their focus and choices are not preserved for future reference. We propose to actively adapt the presentation of video using personal viewing histories (similar to a web history), thus creating interactive, personalized learning materials based on each student’s past actions. Our proposed tool, MyView, keeps records of which parts of the video each user watched and the order in which they rewatched, and uses this information to provide analytics for instructors (to identify problems or popular clips) and enhanced summative viewing for students, such as identifying frequently viewed clips, simple search for previously-viewed clips, easy playlist construction for personalized course content and saving important clips for easy access. This supports greater communication among students, simpler material collation for personal revision, identification of comprehension issues on individual and group bases and closer communication with the instructor.

Funding Details
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2015/2016
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorSidney Fels
Year 1: Funded Amount49,992
Year 1: Team Members

Sidney Fels, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
Ido Roll, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
Christina Hendricks, Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Year 1: TLEF ShowcaseYear 1: TLEF Showcase
Project ReportFinal-Report-2015-TLEF-SP-Fels-WEB.pdf