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There could be more value to vlogging than trying to become an internet personality, with a recent study exploring how the practice could boost university student engagement and ensure their work is authentic.

The study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) and the University of Queensland explores the classroom integration of vlogging platform Microsoft Flip, focusing on its use by university academics during a three-year pilot.

"The academic TikTok: Academics' perceptions and uses of Microsoft Flip as a vlogging platform" was published in the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.

Microsoft Flip (Flip), which has since been integrated into assignments within Microsoft Teams, allows teachers to set assignments using text or video instructions, and students to respond with videos.

Ten academics were asked how useful they considered the platform to be in higher education, what challenges they encountered with it, and what their suggestions were to improve it.

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