Share Paper: Talking with technology: Using vlogs as assessment tool to improve sport students’ communication skills and content learning

  1. Liandi Van den Berg, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, North-West University, South Africa
  2. Koos De Villiers, Facutly of Humanities, North-West University, South Africa
Monday, June 20 11:50 AM-12:10 PM Liberty 4

Abstract: Technological and communication advancements disrupted professional work sectors which emphasize the need for advanced employee and graduate skills. The technology enhanced sport industry necessitates graduates to disseminate knowledge utilizing various technology platforms. In this regard, Higher Education Institutions have to inter alia develop students’ technology enhanced communication skills to succeed in the work place. This study aimed to evaluate the communication skills and content learning of sport students through vlogs created as assessment tool. Students created vlogs based on module outcomes and had to communicate how they applied content to sport environments they operated in. The canons of rhetoric were ...