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. 2022 Apr 8:10:858780.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.858780. eCollection 2022.

Impact of Different Styles of Online Course Videos on Students' Attention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Qi Gao  1 , Ying Tan  2
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Impact of Different Styles of Online Course Videos on Students' Attention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Qi Gao et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic interfered with normal campus life, resulting in the need for the course to be conducted in an ideal online format. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of different styles of online political course videos on students' attention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: Four college students participated in this small sample study. They were required to conduct two sessions of the experiment, in which they were required to watch three different styles of course videos in each session. While watching the videos, their EEG signals were acquired. For the acquired EEG signals, the sample entropy (SampEn) features were extracted. On the other hand, Mayer's theories of multimedia technology provide guidance for teachers' online courses to enhance students' attention levels. The results of EEG signals analysis and Mayer's theories of multimedia technology were combined to compare and analyze the effects of three styles of instructional videos.

Results: Based on comparisons of the SampEn and Mayer's theories of multimedia technology analysis, the results suggest that online instruction in a style where the instructor and content appear on the screen at the same time and the instructor points out the location of the content as it is explained is more likely to elicit higher levels of students' attention.

Conclusions: During the COVID-19 pandemic, online instructional methods have an impact on students' classroom attention. It is essential for teachers to design online instructional methods based on students' classroom attention levels and some multimedia instructional techniques to improve students' learning efficiency.

Keywords: COVID-19; EEG; Mayer's theories of multimedia technology; classroom attention; sample entropy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The framework of our work.
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Schematic diagram of the experimental environment.
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The experimental procedure for a subject.
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The equipment used to acquire the EEG data.
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The positions of the electrodes according to the international 10–20 system.
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SampEn of all trials for each subject.
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Average SampEn of three videos in session 1.
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Average SampEn of three videos in session 2.
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Average SampEn of three videos in session 1 over time.
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Average SampEn of three videos in session 2 over time.
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