Online classes have existed for many years and consist of asynchronous and synchronous classes. Synchronous classes include live lectures while asynchronous classes tend to include pre-recorded lectures that can be a few minutes to over an hour long. As online classes have risen in popularity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, TikTok has also. Therefore, it can be advantageous to see if TikTok can be incorporated into online classes to help with comprehension. The study will be conducted on Qualtrics and will be both experimental and quantitative. Participants in the control group will watch a twenty-minute long pre-recorded lecture video while the experimental group will watch five 2-3 minute long TikTok videos that contain the same lecture content. After, both groups will take a 20-question multiple choice test to measure their comprehension of the lecture material. It is expected that those in the TikTok condition will perform better on the comprehension test than those in the control condition. Data is in the process of being collected. If significance is found, then more instructors can try using TikTok videos to help their students learn. Additionally, researchers can measure the role of cognitive load on online lecture comprehension.
