Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC The Use of Video in Academic Research Anna Grochowska Library Sales Manager for Eastern Europe

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC

The Use of Video in Academic Research

Anna Grochowska

Library Sales Manager for Eastern Europe


A little about SAGE

Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC | Boston







Why ?

SAGE is launching video collections in

2015.

We want to know what students, faculty, and librarians use video for so we can meet student, faculty, and

librarian needs.

We want to do research that informs

us all.


Methodology

• Literature review• Interviews with 9 students and• surveys with 1,673 students


Demographics

• 42% from North America• 33% from Asia Pacific• 19% from Europe• Less than 1% from South America.


Demographics

• Undergraduate students: 49%• Graduate or postgraduate students:

33%

STUDENT CASE STUDIESMaking it personal


Case study: Melinda, Economics major

Can’t remember not watching videos

90% of her classes include video

Looks for bias and authority

Appreciates her professor’s efforts


Case study: Karen, Psychology major

Watches video for most of her classes

Wants more advanced topics

Sees video as a way to bring the international academic community to her device

Not aware of the library


Case study: Cedric, Media studies major

Watches video to analyze it

Often watches the same segment again and again

Unaware that library has streaming video, but does use documentaries on DVD

Video not shown in all his classes


Case study: Jeff, grad student, instructional design

Use includes live streaming video of the classroom

Watches 2 videos per class period

Wants videos to be short or in chunks

Sees videos as a way to scaffold learning

It is shown in the classroom. (64%)

To illustrate a point in a presentation. (18%)

To understand course material (59%)

To learn practical skills. (34%)

To hear another point of view. (29%)

It is assigned from a reading lists for

classroom prep (43%)

Why they watch

For extracurricular reasons.

Never watch videos (5%)

It is assigned as supplemental (41%)

I often watch or read extra

curricular material as I want to learn as much as I can.

.

Courses have online catch-up lectures if you were unable to

attend.


Generalizations

• Tend to watch 2-8 minutes• Easily bored/distracted, but want to learn• Looking for something just right• A large part of their educational experience has

included video• They actually say “flipped classroom”


Where they find video

YouTube (71% or 748 students)

Google search (45% or 470 students)

Class web page (43% or 455 students)

Library (32% or 332 students)



Streaming video collections in the social sciences created to support undergraduate teaching, student reference, research projects and higher level academic interest material.


• Coverage of core discipline areas within the social sciences

• Functionality designed to support scholarly use• New and originally produced videos by SAGE,

and licensed videos• Video developed in partnership with our

authors to meet pedagogical needs


• Education• Counselling and Psychotherapy• Communication and Media Studies

Launched April 2015!


Supports teaching and research


Includes a range of video types• Documentaries• Case studies• Tutorials illustrating practical applications of

methods• Interviews with leading experts on key topics• Practitioner demonstrations of theories and

techniques• Short definitions of key terms and concepts


Easy access and discovery

• Abstracts• Searchable and downloadable transcripts• Closed captioning• Title level MARC records• Detailed metadata


SAGE Video YouTube channel pilot




Responsive design

Mobile Tablet


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Los Angeles | London | New Delhi | Singapore | Washington DC The Use of Video in Academic Research Anna Grochowska Library Sales Manager for Eastern Europe