Toward a new educational paradigm : live video streaming in higher education

Abstract EN

Recently, live video streaming appeared as an innovation in social networks and gained popularity for its likeliness to real life communication.

This paper aims at investigating the perceptions of teachers and students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) towards the implementation of live video streaming in higher education within the EFL context.

To reach this aim, an exploratory method was opted with a mixed methods design by use of a questionnaire to forty (40) students and an interview with ten (10) teachers at Skikda University, Algeria.

Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively using the thematic analysis.

The findings showed an overall high engagement of mainly all students and most of teachers in using web technologies and live streaming for educational purposes.

In addition, both students and teachers revealed positive views towards the use of this technology in EFL teaching and learning.

Thus, these positive attitudes will pave the way for an effective application in the EFL context and innovating the methods of teaching and learning keeping the pace with the requirements of the digital age.