Ain Shams Engineering Journal (Sep 2021)
Assessing the efficacy of online handouts and active lectures in learning outcomes at the engineering undergraduate level
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of lectures' online handouts versus active lectures as two modes of presentation at the undergraduate level. A sample of thirty-eight fourth-year students in the architecture department at the College of Architecture and Planning in Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University was selected to undergo a three-phase questionnaire survey on the perceptions of the term sustainability and its related practices. The first phase was to measure the background knowledge on sustainability and was considered the students' base case. After uploading handouts to the blackboard, the second phase was a web-based E-learning interface. And the final stage was applied after a common lecture presented to the students.The responses of the students were collected and statistically analyzed. The t-Test Paired Sample presented the results of Pearson Correlation, t Stat, t Critical two-tail, and p(T<=t) two-tail. Results concluded that both modes of presentations used, online handouts and active lecturing contributed to improving students' learning outcomes. The results also declared that active lecturing significantly introduced more knowledge to students than online handouts.
