Online learning resources come in a variety of forms and attempt to address several roles in student learning. At Wabash College, we have found success in employing an online video tutorial model that aims to assist students in developing problem solving skills. This model adapts the Khan Academy style to the production of online answer key tutorials. Traditional paper or online homework answer keys often fail to guide students through the problem solving process and cannot fully elucidate the critical thinking strategies involved. As an alternative to these static documents, we produce YouTube answer key videos for our assignments that present a problem solving walkthrough for each item. These online video tutorials combine instructor narration with real-time, step-by-step problem solving illustrations. Many of our students study and work problems outside of normal business hours, so this model attempts to provide access to an instructor-led problem solving session at all hours of the day or night. This presentation will share examples of these videos, as well as the technology required to produce them. All of the YouTube videos employed in this effort require minimal training, utilize inexpensive equipment, and can be produced in little more than the time required to write out a traditional, paper answer key. In addition, access to specialized video editing or production suites is not required. Student feedback and initial assessment efforts will be discussed as well.

YouTube chemistry: Online problem solving walkthroughs as supplemental learning tools

246th National Meeting (2013)

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