The use of screen-capture video as a learning resource

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of informal screen-capture video clips as learning resources in mathematics and statistics for first year undergraduate science students who possess a minimum grade C in GCSE mathematics. The videos are quick and easy to produce and provide a valuable extension of the personal tutor-student interaction. Hand-written text, as well as data analysis in suitable software, can be recorded to provide a permanent record of the solutions to many different types of problems. The underlying approach of learning provision for skill-based modules in the first year is to meet a diversity of intake with a diversity of learning provision, and this paper highlights the variety of roles that this particular form of video material can play.