ERIC Number: EJ1183007
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Publication Date: 2018
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Automatic Summarization of Lecture Slides for Enhanced Student Preview--Technical Report and User Study--
Shimada, Atsushi; Okubo, Fumiya; Yin, Chengjiu; Ogata, Hiroaki
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, v11 n2 p165-178 Apr-Jun 2018
This paper is an extension of research originally reported in [1]. Here, we propose a novel method for summarizing lecture slides to enhance students' preview efficiency and understanding of the content. Students are often asked to prepare for a class by reading lecture materials. However, because the attention span of students is limited, this is not always beneficial. We surveyed 326 students regarding the preview of lecture materials, revealing a preference for summarized materials to preview. Therefore, we developed an automatic summarization method for condensing original lecture materials into a summarized set. Our proposed approach utilizes image and text processing to extract important pages from lecture materials, optimizing selection of pages in accordance with a specified preview time. We applied the proposed summarization method to a set of lecture slides. In an experiment with 372 students, we compared the effectiveness of the summarized slides and the original materials in terms of quiz scores, preview achievement ratio, and time spent previewing. We found that students who previewed the summarized slides achieved better scores on pre-lecture quizzes, even though they spent less time previewing the material.
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Student Surveys, Tests, Scores, Comparative Analysis, College Students, Foreign Countries, Research Projects, Visual Aids, Use Studies, Research Reports, Instructional Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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