YouTube Educational Videos in Bridging the Learning Gaps among School Students

Abstract

Videos have a long-term effect on learners. YouTube plays a major role in enhancing the learning of school students after school hours whenever they need to study at their own pace. When they learn from YouTube, the same concept can be explained by different teachers, and the best part is that they can learn at their own pace. YouTube acts as a complementary learning platform that fulfils the learning needs of learners with educational videos. The purpose is to find out the effects of YouTube educational Videos on learning among school students as Net Generation learners. The research is related to Educational Technology in which a questionnaire is prepared to ask general questions about YouTube and how YouTube educational videos help in studies and to improve the learning gaps, clearing doubts that arise in studies. Mixed Method Research design is used to conduct research. Both Quantitative and Qualitative methods are used to collect the data. A questionnaire is prepared, and data is collected through Google Forms. Semi-structured interviews are conducted to collect the data. The sample taken are school students from class 6th-8th. The major findings are that YouTube videos help school students fill their learning gaps by mobile learning using their mobile by doing self-paced learning, and videos have long-lasting effects on their learning.