Presentation The Effectiveness of Flip and Flip Camera Within Microsoft Teams for Education as Homework more

This study looked into the effectiveness of the video discussion platform Flip (formerly Flipgrid) as homework in a university elective English conversation class (N = 19) in terms of several aspects. A pre-post survey measuring willingness to communicate (WTC) followed by a paired samples t-test indicated no significant change. However, in an open-response self assessment comparing both their first and last videos, participants reported various types of improvement, especially fluency as well as confidence, but also vocabulary, pronunciation, cohesion, content/depth, intonation, gestures/facial expressions, and comfort in front of the camera. A survey measuring usability of Flip in both its original form and its current version within Microsoft Teams, which it transitioned to mid-semester, was conducted; a paired samples t-test indicated a statistically significant preference for the original Flip in terms of general ease of use, ease of posting a video, ease of posting a comment, and overall satisfaction. Accordingly, it is recommended that future research on this topic investigate oral proficiency rather than WTC. Furthermore, while students seemed to feel positively about this type of homework, a replacement for Flip will need to be found as the current iteration is too unwieldy to use in the classroom setting.