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Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol.7, No.1, Mar. 2021, Pub. Date: Jan. 3, 2021
Utilization and Perception Towards Recorded Lectures Among Undergraduate Medical Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Authors
[01] Jesper Leonard Vun Kien Fung, Faculty of Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Melaka, Malaysia.
[02] Nanthiny Nagarajah, Faculty of Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Melaka, Malaysia.
[03] Iswari Rengasamy, Faculty of Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Melaka, Malaysia.
[04] Nethmi Nisanka Dandeniya, Faculty of Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Melaka, Malaysia.
[05] Charren Thevarajah Pillai, Faculty of Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Melaka, Malaysia.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on education. Face-to-face teaching could no longer take place and this was largely replaced with online teaching. Online classes, distance learning and recorded lectures are some of the resources used, ensuring that education is not disrupted. We aimed to determine how many students utilize the recordings, their purpose and pattern of usage, their perception towards it and its association with their attendance and attentiveness during live online lectures. A cross sectional study was conducted among the fourth-year clinical phase medical students of Melaka Manipal Medical College. An online questionnaire was distributed and a total of 126 responses were collected. The data was statistically analysed using Epi Info version 7.2.4.0. Fisher exact test, unpaired T-test and simple logistics regression were used to analyse the data. Findings revealed that 96.83% of students used recorded lectures. However, the pattern and purpose of usage of recorded lectures differed among them. 84.92% of students revisited complex ideas and concepts while 82.54% used the recorded lectures to browse and stop at points of interest. The study found a positive perception towards recorded lectures among the students. The junior batch (mean=79.08) showed to have better perception towards it compared to the senior batch (mean=74.55) as emphasised by a p-value of 0.019. There was a positive association between the perception of the students towards recorded lectures and their utilisation of it (OR=1.051, 95% CI=1.034-1.067, p-value <0.001). A significant positive association was established between students’ attentiveness in class before (OR=2.525, 95% CI= 1.895-3.364, p-values <0.001) and after (OR=3.999, 95% CI= 2.561-6.245, p-values <0.001) recorded lectures were provided and their usage. However, there was no association found between attendance and usage. In summary, the majority of the students used recorded lectures to facilitate learning during the pandemic. They mostly revisited complex ideas and concepts that were unclear during the lectures, stopping at points of interest to save time. Overall, the perception towards these recordings was good and this was associated with an increased likelihood of using them. As such, we recommend that education institutes make lecture recordings available to students using lecture capture technology at all times and not just during the movement restriction in a pandemic period.
Keywords
Utilization, Perception, Recorded Lectures, Medical Student, Cross-sectional Study, Malaysia
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