The Research on the University Students' Subjective Views on Using Short Videos for Learning

-- Taking TikTok as An Example

Abstract

Whether short video learning can improve learning efficiency is a hot topic that university students pay attention to. Some researchers find that short video learning can improve learning efficiency and significantly impact university students learning. However, behind it, there is still a lack of relevant issues, such as the boundary between short video and learning. Therefore, this study conducted a semi-structured interview analysis on fifteen university students to explore the relationship between university students and short video learning, after conducting semi-structured interviews with fifteen university students, it is concluded that they think short videos are helpful to improve knowledge memory and quickly retrieve important content and methods when they are in difficulty. It shows that watching short videos in leisure time is directly helpful to learning. Based on the suggestions the investigators gave, the research puts forward some improvement schemes for learning videos to help university students get better experiences when watching short videos for learning.