Virtual Office Hours (VOH) in accounting coursework: Leveraging technology to enhance an integrative learning environment

The use of digital videos in Edpuzzle and its influence on the performance of Accounting students at a brazilian public institution

“…The use of technology has grown significantly, with emphasis on efforts to increase access to quality education, having a transformational impact on teaching and learning, through the integration of new mechanisms that endorse its use as an educational tool (Watty, Mckay & Ngo, 2016). Progress related to the technological field involving infrastructure, communication, equipment and online tools facilitates the development of classroom teaching, corroborating to connect students to their courses, their profession, themselves and their teachers (Lillie & Wygal, 2011;Holtzblatt & Tschakert, 2011).…”

“…The combination of technologies and teaching has been generating reflexes in learning, which serve as elements for the satisfaction and performance of students (Quintana, 2015). In this sense, such methods have been causing changes in the educational scenario, including accounting education, which has undergone changes regarding both the practices (both with regard to the practices) of the profession as well as academic learning methods (Lillie & Wygal, 2011). Thus, the objective became the search for balance between the labor market, interest of students and teachers and adaptations by educational institutions to new technological resources (Holtzblatt & Tschakert, 2011).…”

The Use of A Serious Game and Academic Performance of Undergraduate Accounting Students: An Empirical Analysis

“…In the last decades, the increasingly use of multimedia technologies, educational computer games, teleconferencing, e-learning, and other advancements involving information technologies has significantly changed the ways of teaching academic and professional skills to both adults and children (Girard, Ecalle & Magnant, 2013;Dobrescu, Greiner & Motta, 2015). These advancements also generate challenges for companies and for teaching in the field of business, and this scenario also comprises the academic education of professionals in the area of accounting (Chang & Hwang, 2003;Mohamed & Lashine, 2003;Lillie & Wygal, 2011;Abou-Warda, 2016;Apostolou, Dorminey, Hassell & Rebele, 2016). Furthermore, these changes affects "the educational system in general and instructional methods in particular" (Bayrak, 2008, p. 53).…”

“…Therefore, teachers can expand the use of technological resources in the classroom. Different studies (Boulianne, 2014;Chang & Hwang, 2003) have demonstrated the use of technology in the field of accounting, as well as the positive effects of integrated technologies to accounting teaching (Lillie & Wygal, 2011;Rackliffe & Regland, 2016;Willis, 2016). Wireless devices such as Ipods have brought efficiency and efficacy to accounting students due to their portability (Richardson, Dellaportas, Perera & Richardson, 2013) and social networks, as Facebook, also have been used (Stone, Fiedler & Kandunias, 2014).…”

Happy Hours are a Godsend

“…Video conferencing can be utilized on multiple platforms such as FaceTime, Skype, Google Hangouts, and GoToWebinar [2], while some instructors opt to use social media and instant messaging platforms [3] instead. Virtual office hours can be hosted in a group video conference, such as those conducted by one of the authors of this study, or they can be arranged on an individual basis, more like traditional office hours but with the added convenience of being able to be held regardless of the location of both parties [4].…”