Exploring the Potential of Reels as an Educational Tool: Analysing Undergraduate Students' Perspectives on the Use of Reels for Lecture Delivery and Study Material Dissemination in Bengaluru City

Abstract

In ancient times reels denote the cylinder on which film, thread or wire is wound and kept. But in the present- and modern-day societal context reels are small video clippings which are uploaded in various social media networks and which garners wide area of viewer ship especially among the college students. The reason behind the craze for reels is due to its shorter duration of 60 seconds to 90 seconds. Moreover, reels bring out the inner creativity and imaginative power with in an individual and also has the ability to convey the message in a very creative and captivating way to the audience.

Reels are the modern way of communication in expressing the emotions, feelings, thoughts, ideas and the like in a motion format or in the form of videos of very short duration. The social media platforms act as a hosting platform for such videos. The present younger generation are so caught up with the trend and they spend most of their time on watching it and liking it. This Z generation has very short attention span and so they like to get immersed themselves in such short video reels. So, this study intends to find out among the undergraduate students whether reels can be used as a tool for delivering lectures and a way of circulating study materials to overcome the short attention span. And to find out whether the students yearning to learn can be benefitted in a better way. The authors try to understand the importance of reels as study materials and also lecture delivery tool among undergraduate students in Bengaluru city through a survey method.