Abstract
The main aim of this study was to investigate online platforms, specifically YouTube, suitable for remote learning, forced by covid-19 from traditional face-to-face to online learning. To achieve the study's objectives, which are to investigate the effectiveness of remote learning, general students’ feelings have about online education, lecturer's efficiency in using online tools to teach, and student's ability to adapt to online learning, the study employed a qualitative method where three videos with content relevant for a post-graduate diploma in higher education were made and uploaded to YouTube to investigate the efficiency of the online tool. Advantages of YouTube as an educational platform were discussed, which include flexibility and cost, among others. The challenges related to internet connections; resources, used to conduct YouTube lessons, were discussed. Recommendations to address some of these challenges using YouTube as an educational platform were explored. These recommendations include, amongst others, workshops and seminars should be held by administrators to teach lecturers and teachers how to use technology in their classes, universities need to adopt this new learning system as a part of the curriculum because to save time, money.
Highlights
Since the start of higher education, from the time of colonization to the era of decolonization, most South African universities have been looking at face-to-face learning [1]. [2] did not agree that contact classes are believed to be old and reject students’ knowledge, because it happens while a lecturer is delivering information for scholars in a class while using textbooks and chalkboards to teach students.the method of lecturing students in class is not effective during the spike of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact learning delivers real-time contact with resources and others, can be delivered at a specific time, and offers quick response to scholars [3]
There are disadvantages and advantages of using YouTube as a source of information to students, which were found and discussed in this article. Some universities find it difficult to use online learning more special for those students who are doing courses that need practical and the resources are only found at the campus, and they were forced to allow those students in the campus to complete their practical
National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is a government fund in South Africa, designed to assist students with parents who earn less than R350 000 per annum [29]
Summary
Since the start of higher education, from the time of colonization to the era of decolonization, most South African universities have been looking at face-to-face learning [1]. [2] did not agree that contact classes are believed to be old and reject students’ knowledge, because it happens while a lecturer is delivering information for scholars in a class while using textbooks and chalkboards to teach students.the method of lecturing students in class is not effective during the spike of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact learning delivers real-time contact with resources and others, can be delivered at a specific time, and offers quick response to scholars [3]. [5] states that e-learning is can able to make course content accessible online for future use, due to the extensive use of current technologies, such as hardware resources (computers, laptops, mobile phones, and others), and software resources (learning management system, software applications, social media sites, and others) This means students can able to have access to educational information through the internet anywhere and anytime of their choice, irrespective of challenges, such as the pandemic outbreak – provided they have access to hardware and software resources [3]. There are disadvantages and advantages of using YouTube as a source of information to students, which were found and discussed in this article Some universities find it difficult to use online learning more special for those students who are doing courses that need practical and the resources are only found at the campus, and they were forced to allow those students in the campus to complete their practical
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