Abstract:

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have become increasingly important in education, offering new possibilities for teaching and learning. H5P, an acronym for HTML5 Package, is an open-source framework that allows educators to create interactive and engaging learning content easily. This tool is handy as it allows adapting to different teaching strategies due to the more than 50 work packages it offers. H5P is aligned with the four modes of cognitive engagement (ICAP) defined by Chi et al., and previous research noted that H5P was able to reinforce both active and constructive modes.

This work investigates the potential of H5P to improve student performance in chemical engineering subjects during in-person lessons and to create interactive content that helps students understand the concepts of the session. This interactive learning is based on videos explaining the operation of real equipment in the chemical engineering field. In these videos, questionnaires appeared and the students had to answer them correctly to continue with the content. The qualitative data after the implantation of the H5P was collected with a survey of 9 questions to evaluate students' experiences with this technology.

The implantation of H5P was carried out in a 3rd-course subject of the degree of Chemical Engineering at the Universitat de València (UV). A total of 41 students participated in this study, from which the following results can be highlighted:
- H5P is an unknown tool for the students, of which only 21% have used it in other subjects and, in most cases, it was used punctually.
- The main H5P advantages that students pointed out were:
o Enhances the concept understanding.
o Shows a direct application of the studied concepts.
o Helps the memorization of the information.
o Eases the doubts resolution.
- Most of the students (70%) consider that H5P was correctly integrated with the subject.
- Students demanded an increase in the use of this tool in the subject (65%).
- The virtual totality of students (95%) had an average or good experience in the use of H5P.
- Scholars pointed out that this tool should be employed in other subjects (83%), mainly in the theoretical ones (61%).

Consequently, H5P appears as an unknown application for the students of the degree of Chemical Engineering at the UV. However, they considered the use of H5P to enhance the active learning environment, highlighting that H5P should be further used not only in this subject but also in other areas of the degree.

Acknowledgements:
The authors acknowledge the Universitat de València Vice-Principal for Employment and Training Services for funding the project TAC(IQ) (UV-SFPIE_PID-2736780).

Keywords:

Higher education, Chemical Engineering, Interactive content, H5P, active learning.