A detailed analysis of Hispanic learners' use of YouTube as a tool to reinforce the learning process in higher education

Published in: Engineering Innovations for Global Sustainability: Proceedings of the 14th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
Date of Conference: July 20-22, 2016
Location of Conference: San Jose, Costa Rica
Authors: Mayken Espinoza
Julio Barzola
Jorge Flores
Refereed Paper: #361

Abstract:

This paper gives a detailed information about how the Hispanic learners take advantage of a group of videos on various topics of Physics. These topics are selected from the curriculum of a bachelor engineering education program (undergraduate studies) in a higher education institution (HEI). The videos are classified according to the topic involved, and the whole experiment is carried out during 2 years. The gap genre and demographic of Hispanic learners is addressed in the paper