Worcester Polytechnic Institute prides itself on the use of laboratories to teach students. The philosophy of WPI, embodied in the school’s motto, Lehr und Kunst, theory and practice. Most classes use the same set up, written lab procedure, for their laboratory procedure delivery method; most schools use the same method. This experiment tests three ways of delivering lab procedure: written, video, and streamed. YouTube was used for the video portion and Twitch was used for the streamed portion. The results of the survey showed the video was favored by the students for multiple reasons, including convenience and the ability to re-watch the video. Future directions of this project are testing different video websites and adding other procedure delivery methods.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Schofield, Elizabeth Marie
• Vass, Taylor Alexander

Subject

• Computing
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050615-132447

Keyword

• Computer-assisted instruction
• Education, Higher

Advisor

• Rulfs, Jill
• Buckholt, Michael Allan

Year

• 2015

Date created

• 2015-05-06

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright