Title: Using film to demonstrate academic concepts

Authors: Rajeev K. Bali, Nilmini Wickramasinghe

Addresses: Department of Knowledge and Information Management, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK. ' Center for the Management of Medical Technology, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, 565 W Adams St, Suite 406, Chicago, IL 60661, USA

Abstract: This paper discusses the efficacy of using film to teach academic concepts in the Higher Education environment. The paper begins with a brief review of how film can be used as an effective learning and communication medium before presenting the results conducted from a recent study of graduate students at a UK university which was then replicated at both a German and US university respectively with similar findings. The viewing and discussion of a film clip after each scheduled class session enhanced students| perception and understanding of key academic concepts. In addition to presenting collected quantitative data, the paper provides some qualitative-based feedback from students.

Keywords: teaching; movies; audio-visual; higher education; online learning; e-learning; educational management; management in education; film; academic concepts; communication; UK; United Kingdom; universities; Germany; USA; United States; student perception; student understanding.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2007.014383

International Journal of Management in Education, 2007 Vol.1 No.1/2, pp.138 - 151

Published online: 03 Jul 2007 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article