The Influence of Live Stream and On-the-Spot Teaching on Elementary School Students in Robotics Course
Hsuan Pu Chang, Chao-Hung Liao, Chung-Han Yeh · 2017
In recent years, utilization of technology-assisted models for the teaching field have achieved more innovation and advancement with the improvement of information technology. The popularization of high speed networks even facilitates live stream teaching to be an important learning channel. By cooperating with domestic dealers of Maker Education, Smart Campus promoted by the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs strives to generalize the robotics course both at home and abroad, and introduce the course to remote schools via the method of live streaming. The study adopts a quasi-experimental design to discuss students from "Robotics Course based on Live Stream Teaching" (the experimental group) and "Robotics Course based on On-the-spot Teaching" (the control group) and to compare their learning motivation, problem solving ability and capacity of critical thinking in the robotics course of Maker Education. Meanwhile, the study also compares their cognitive loads to see whether students' loads of learning would increase with the introduction of live stream. Results show that no significant differences arise for both groups. It means that the use of live stream for courses of Maker Education can also achieve efficiency of general instruction methods.