Peer Review

Basics of Accounting

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Reviewed:: Feb 14, 2022 by Business

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Overview:

This course introduces the viewer to the most important principles in accounting. This course is also designed for corporate or legal professionals to be able to better work with corporate accounting departments. While this course is complicated and requires some understanding of mathematical principles, it is an introductory level course in that no prior background or experience in accounting is required.

This video series is concise, accurate, and engaging. The content would be perfect as summary or refresher content for an introductory financial accounting course. It can also be used as a supplement for business majors taking accounting courses. The videos are less than 20 minutes and include a transcript and reference list.

Type of Material:

Online audiovisual Course

Recommended Uses:

As a homework assignment for the learner to learn accounting theory.

Use for flipping the classroom and having the students watch the presentations before the class.

Use as an introduction, summary, or refresher.

Technical Requirements:

It runs as an applet inside a browser.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

Accounting basics, accounting process, inventory valuation, GAAP, auditing, financial analyses, time-value of money, securities, financial reports

Target Student Population:

College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Professional

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Basic computer skills.

This is an introductory/summary course. No accounting knowledge prior to reviewing

Content Quality

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Strengths:

Concise, relevant, and accurate.
Extensive citations are included in the transcripts
Animations are not excessive and help students focus on important elements
Perfect amount of information as summary or refresher content

Concerns:

It moves far too quickly. The learner will need to pause the presentation very often in order to fully comprehend the material. There is need for a lot of processing of what it is being presented in order to fully comprehend it and it does not allow for that.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

Identified learning objectives, prerequisite knowledge, and target audience at the beginning of the video series
Very easy to integrate into curriculum assignments especially as a summary/refresher

Concerns:

There are several concepts that are presented progressively but are not necessarily reinforced progressively
There is option to measure student learning outcomes but it is an additional fee

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

Very high-quality animations
Engaging/appealing
Transcript included

Concerns:

Very limited navigation. It is meant to be viewed in a straight line and cannot be used to review or consult a concept. It is not interactive, but this may not be an issue if it is used as refresher or summary content

Other Issues and Comments:: The research index tool (https://lawshelf.com/researchindexview) can be used to pinpoint and thus review or consult a concept. The research index entries point to timestamps in the videos that should be helpful in pinpointing where to go to review a specific concept.
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