Students' perspectives of the impact of online streaming media on teaching and learning at the college of education at Kuwait University

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the perspectives of pre-service and in-service teachers in the College of Education (COE) at Kuwait University (KU) on the use of online streaming media services as a facilitative and innovative tool for teaching, learning, professional development, and teacher preparation. Five research questions were used to compile a questionnaire and to guide analysis of the data. Various descriptive methods of analysis were applied to the collected data (e.g., frequencies and percentages to summarize the demographic data; means and standard deviations to address the research questions). The study revealed that the participants' awareness of the availability of such services is low (M = 2.49; SD = 0.57). However, their attitudes toward online streaming media as an innovative tool for teaching, learning, professional development, and teacher preparation were significantly positive among all subgroups, with a high mean score (M = 4.5213, and SD = 0.27707). Thus, online streaming media prepares teachers and students alike for a voyage of imagination and discovery. No school can afford to be without this tool-a gateway to a new world of educational possibilities.