Development and evaluation of indexed captioned searchable videos for STEM coursework

  • Authors:
  • Tayfun Tuna;Jaspal Subhlok;Lecia Barker;Varun Varghese;Olin Johnson;Shishir Shah

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA;University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Videos of classroom lectures have proven to be a popular and versatile learning resource. This paper reports on videos featuring Indexing, Captioning, and Search capability (ICS Videos). The goal is to allow a user to rapidly search and access a topic of interest, a key shortcoming of the standard video format. A lecture is automatically divided into logical indexed video segments by analyzing video frames. Text is automatically identified with OCR technology enhanced with image transformations to drive keyword search. Captions can be added to videos. The ICS video player integrates indexing, search, and captioning in video playback and has been used by dozens of courses and 1000s of students. This paper reports on the development and evaluation of ICS videos framework and assessment of its value as an academic learning resource.