Research Article

Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions

Volume: 11 Number: 5 September 12, 2024
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Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions

Abstract

Laboratory-based courses and research studies play a crucial role in many fields in higher education. With the idea that the creation and use of interactive materials of experimental periods can be a potentially transformative teaching and learning experience, graduate students and instructors have been trained to design and integrate interactive videos as part of their experimental studies. This study aimed to explore self-efficacy, motivation and future intentions of graduate student and instructors to develop and use interactive videos as a learning material. Using a mixed-method approach via a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, data were collected from graduate students and instructors before and after face-to-face/online trainings on the design and use of interactive videos. Data were analyzed descriptively for the survey items on motivation and perceptions on the use of interactive videos for graduate experiments. For the interview data, the data were analyzed based on specific themes. The results showed that the self-efficacy of the participants have been increased and they had high motivation and strong intention to use interactive videos for a number of reasons. As the participants' self-efficacy has improved, they reported positive perceptions regarding the contributions of interactive videos to their understanding of experimental processes. The findings showed that graduate students shooting an experimental process with their presence can yield better learning outcomes for other graduate students. The results can be valuable for demonstrating potential use of interactive videos during laboratory-based educational and research contexts.

Keywords

interactive learning material, laboratory work, digital learning, higher education

Supporting Institution

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK)

Project Number

122B188

Ethical Statement

The ethics approval was gathered on 09.01.2023 from the Ethics Committee of Eskisehir Technical University with the number 87914409-640-2300001361. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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APA
Gedik, N., Yiğit, B., Demirtaş, İ., Gedik, K., & Yiğit Avdan, Z. (2024). Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions. Participatory Educational Research, 11(5), 81-101. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.24.65.11.5
AMA
1.Gedik N, Yiğit B, Demirtaş İ, Gedik K, Yiğit Avdan Z. Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions. PER. 2024;11(5):81-101. doi:10.17275/per.24.65.11.5
Chicago
Gedik, Nuray, Barış Yiğit, İlknur Demirtaş, Kadir Gedik, and Zehra Yiğit Avdan. 2024. “Enhancing Graduate Studies With Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions”. Participatory Educational Research 11 (5): 81-101. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.24.65.11.5.
EndNote
Gedik N, Yiğit B, Demirtaş İ, Gedik K, Yiğit Avdan Z (September 1, 2024) Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions. Participatory Educational Research 11 5 81–101.
IEEE
[1]N. Gedik, B. Yiğit, İ. Demirtaş, K. Gedik, and Z. Yiğit Avdan, “Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions”, PER, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 81–101, Sept. 2024, doi: 10.17275/per.24.65.11.5.
ISNAD
Gedik, Nuray - Yiğit, Barış - Demirtaş, İlknur - Gedik, Kadir - Yiğit Avdan, Zehra. “Enhancing Graduate Studies With Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions”. Participatory Educational Research 11/5 (September 1, 2024): 81-101. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.24.65.11.5.
JAMA
1.Gedik N, Yiğit B, Demirtaş İ, Gedik K, Yiğit Avdan Z. Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions. PER. 2024;11:81–101.
MLA
Gedik, Nuray, et al. “Enhancing Graduate Studies With Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions”. Participatory Educational Research, vol. 11, no. 5, Sept. 2024, pp. 81-101, doi:10.17275/per.24.65.11.5.
Vancouver
1.Nuray Gedik, Barış Yiğit, İlknur Demirtaş, Kadir Gedik, Zehra Yiğit Avdan. Enhancing Graduate Studies with Interactive Videos: Uncovering Student and Instructor Perspectives on Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Future Intentions. PER. 2024 Sep. 1;11(5):81-101. doi:10.17275/per.24.65.11.5