YouTube becoming popular in classroom setting
YouTube is one of the new trends in the classroom these days.
Luanne Goffnett, Barnes Hall director and Recreation, Parks and Leisure instructor, uses the Web site at least once in each lecture.
“I use YouTube to engage another type of learning style.” Goffnett said.
She said there are a lot of real experiences demonstrated through YouTube videos and she uses them in class to help students better understand the concept.
Saginaw junior Jessica Bosserdet said watching videos helps her throughout Goffnett’s class.
“Both (lecturer and video) together is a better teaching style,” Bosserdet said.
Goffnett said YouTube is very convenient, but she also use other videos to teach. She said she picks videos based on the topic she is teaching in the classroom that day.
“(YouTube) is like an onion,” Goffnett said. “You have to dig through all the layers to find quality videos.”
Videos can relate
Goffnett is not the only professor at Central Michigan University using YouTube in her classrooms to capture the attention of students.
Psychology professor Ignacio David Acevedo said he uses YouTube in some of his classes almost every day.
“I think videos, in general, help explain principles,” Acevedo said. “Students might not understand (a concept) and, after showing the video, they get it.”
Acevedo said he uses all types of YouTube videos to help make a memorable moment for students to help remember it.
He said YouTube is full of content, but the most interesting is the user-generated content because some are created by other students at other universities. He uses these YouTube videos to help relate to the students more.
“I get a lot of comments about how (students) like it,” Acevedo said. “If you put thought into it, it sticks out and students enjoy it.”
Goffnett said her students also comment on how they like the YouTube video use in class.
“Looking back, a majority of the students have told me to keep using (the YouTube videos),” Goffnett said.
