Der Einfluss von digitalen Vorlesungsmitschnitten ("Screencasts") auf den Lernerfolg im Fach Biochemie in der Lehre des Medizinstudiums

In addition to the use of traditional university lectures, studying medicine nowadays is facilitated by using ‚e-learning‘ technologies. Among these, screencasts (records of lecturing slides) represent a useful tool possibly influencing learning progress. In order to characterize this influence, a whole lecture course in medical biochemistry was recorded as screencasts for two years (WS 08/09 und WS 09/10) and stored in an online learning platform. Students‘ individual use of each screencast generates tracking-data as accesscounts and using-time. These data were linked to students test results. The findings of this work indicate, using screencast seems to have positive influence on learning progress in terms of better test results. This effect is most likely to be seen when using screencasts featuring exam relevant contents and rises, the longer those screencasts are used. The degree of this influence and its details need to be subject of further research.