The document summarizes the results of a survey given to physical therapy students at Regis University about their perceptions of audio-enhanced presentations (AEPs). The survey found that most students watched a high percentage of assigned AEPs and viewed them on multiple platforms. Students generally supported the use of AEPs in their courses, finding that AEPs are important for learning. However, some students reported that time, availability, and redundancy were reasons for not watching some AEPs. Most students felt that AEPs should be kept under 20 minutes and that the use of AEPs in courses should continue but be improved.

1. Survey of Student Perceptions of
Audio-enhanced Presentations
Heidi Eigsti, PT, DPT, PhD
Tim Noteboom, PT, PhD
School of Physical Therapy
Regis University
Funded by RHCHP Teaching & Learning Microgrant

3. Background
• School of PT is 8-semester graduate program
• Initially audio-enhanced presentations (AEPs)
used in online program 10 years ago
• Gradually increased use in ground-based
program
• Currently, most courses using some AEPs
• Question: What is student perception of AEPs?

4. Survey Demographics
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Online survey (SurveyMonkey)
Three Regis PT classes (2014, 15 & 16)
17-item survey
Invitation to students at end of Fall ‘14
semester; 3 follow-up reminders sent over 1
month
• Response rate: 69% (145/212)

5. Similar response rates across groups
53
40
51
40
51
53

6. Most student did not have experience
with AEPs prior to Regis

7. Students watch all or most AEPs
What percentage of all assigned AEPs this past semester did you watch?
2.1%
0.7%
7.0%
33.6%
100%
75-99%
50-74%
25-49%
0-25%
56.6%

8. Watched on multiple platforms

9. Generally positive support for AEPs
• 1 in 3 strongly agreed AEP were important to
learning (93% somewhat or strongly agree).
• Most students generally prefer F2F over AEP
• Few students frequently skip AEP (16%)
• 90% state that their learning is enhanced
when watching AEP prior to class
• 4 in 10 students “always watch before
class”, only 3% rarely watch

10. Time, availability, and redundancy are
main reasons for NOT watching

11. Keep AEPs to < 20 min!

12. Future use of AEPs: keep doing
them, but make them better

13. Watching AEP: laptop best, desktop &
tablet similar but less so

14. Overall value of AEP: 7.0

15. Exemplar: DPT 705 Kinesiology I
Dr. Erika Nelson-Wong
• Attributes students listed:
– Good quality of content
– Effective/enthusiastic narration
– Good use with follow up lab/lecture session
– Technology worked
– Appropriate length