Open AccessInvestigatation of YouTube as an online platform used during remote learning forced by COVID-19
Author(s) -
Jeremiah Madzimure
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
eureka, social and humanities./eureka, social and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2504-5571
pISSN - 2504-5563
DOI - 10.21303/2504-5571.2022.002268
Subject(s) - upload , flexibility (engineering) , curriculum , online learning , the internet , computer science , feeling , covid-19 , multimedia , medical education , world wide web , psychology , pedagogy , medicine , social psychology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , mathematics
The main aim of this study was to investigate online platforms, specifically YouTube, suitable for remote learning, forced by covid-19 from traditional face-to-face to online learning. To achieve the study's objectives, which are to investigate the effectiveness of remote learning, general students’ feelings have about online education, lecturer's efficiency in using online tools to teach, and student's ability to adapt to online learning, the study employed a qualitative method where three videos with content relevant for a post-graduate diploma in higher education were made and uploaded to YouTube to investigate the efficiency of the online tool. Advantages of YouTube as an educational platform were discussed, which include flexibility and cost, among others. The challenges related to internet connections; resources, used to conduct YouTube lessons, were discussed. Recommendations to address some of these challenges using YouTube as an educational platform were explored. These recommendations include, amongst others, workshops and seminars should be held by administrators to teach lecturers and teachers how to use technology in their classes, universities need to adopt this new learning system as a part of the curriculum because to save time, money.