Panopticon as an eLearning support search tool

Nicholson, J; Huber, M; Jackson, D; Olivier, P

doi:10.1145/2556288.2557082

Panopticon as an eLearning support search tool

Lookup NU author(s): Dr James Nicholson, Mark Huber, Daniel Jackson, Professor Patrick Olivier ORCiD

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Abstract

We present an evaluation of Panopticon, a video surrogate system, as an online eLearning support search tool for finding information within video lectures. A comparison was made with a standard video player (YouTube) in two scenarios with two classes of users: revision students and independent learners. Results showed that users of Panopticon were significantly faster at finding information within the lecture videos than users of the YouTube player. It was also found that videos predominantly featuring a talking lecturer took longest to navigate, presenting design implications for lectures to be uploaded to open eLearning platforms.