Observing the Impact of Youtube Videos on Students’ Engagement and Learning [Articol]

Abstract

The rapid technological development has tremendously impacted people‟s every walk of life including the way they learn. Thus, researchers and educators try to look for viable solutions to harness the potential technology can bring to the education process. One way to engage students at present in actual learning is to use/create YouTube videos for university courses. The article describes a qualitative study of the impact YouTube videos had on students‟ engagement and learning during 2023-2024 at the classes held at Alecu Russo Balti State University. The data was gathered with the help of observation and informal discussions with the students. Analyzing students‟ behavior and actions it appears that YouTube videos can positively impact students‟ engagement and learning if the students are autonomous learners and are intrinsically motivated to study at the university. Thus, teachers should think of how to optimally integrate the YouTube videos into the education process. Similarly, they should consider creating their own YouTube content to scaffold their students‟ learning.