Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The author has provided more than 2100 engineering mathematics teaching materials on YouTube since 2014.The viewer information provided by YouTube revealed that (1) 59.16% of viewers were 18 to 24 years old while 23.18% were over 35 years old, (2) the gender ratio was 4:1 (male-female), (3) 9.19% of viewers subscribed to the educational channel, (4) 88.13% of viewers were from Taiwan and 1.97% from Hong Kong, and (5) the proportion of "External Sources" and "Playlist" was 26.91% and 25.30%, respectively.Such viewer demographics help adjust the principles of tutorial videos.For instance, nearly 60% of the viewers were college students, and their expectations aligned with the grading criteria set by instructors.The majority of college instructors arrange written examinations and present engineering mathematics content in a handwritten manner.Around 25% of the students had richer life experiences and no examination pressure.Therefore, proverbs or idioms related to life philosophy in videos better resonated with these viewers.Tutorial videos were created to assist self-learners in mastering engineering mathematics.The data over the past nine years on YouTube serve as a valuable reference in constructing instructional videos for engineering.This virtual tutorial experience provides a basis to adjust the direction of future tutorial video recordings.
Author: John C.-C. Lu
Institution: Chung Hua University
Language: English
Subfield: Modeling and Simulation
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4402235245