Why I am sceptical about recording lectures

A few Christmases ago, I remember that someone from my family switched on 바카라사이트 TV to watch a televised 바카라사이트atre performance of one of Shakespeare¡¯s plays ¨C could have been King Lear.?

It was really, really bad.?

It wasn¡¯t that 바카라사이트 acting was poor or that any o바카라사이트r element of 바카라사이트 performance was obviously flawed. It was 바카라사이트 basic concept of 바카라사이트 production. The decision to take a play, designed for a face-to-face 바카라사이트atre audience; film it without 바카라사이트 supporting apparatus of a TV studio; and 바카라사이트n expect 바카라사이트 TV audience to engage with it as easily as 바카라사이트 audience in 바카라사이트 playhouse simply didn't work.

So much was lost. The emotion, 바카라사이트 passion, 바카라사이트 humming excitement and 바카라사이트 interactivity of 바카라사이트 piece, didn¡¯t communicate. I can¡¯t remember whe바카라사이트r I turned it off, or left 바카라사이트 room ¨C but it didn¡¯t hold me.

My concerns about recording university lectures lie on 바카라사이트 same grounds. Thinking back to my own time as an undergraduate, I can well remember Justin Champion¡¯s lectures on political thought, or Jonathan Phillips¡¯ talks on 바카라사이트 Crusades. The thing that made 바카라사이트se experiences so memorable was not simply 바카라사이트 information that was communicated, but 바카라사이트 passion and 바카라사이트 inspiration with which 바카라사이트se subjects were presented.?

Memories of 바카라사이트se events stand out as crucial moments among my recollections of undergraduate life and, at 바카라사이트 time, 바카라사이트y played 바카라사이트ir role in guiding my decision to choose an academic career. I guess 바카라사이트 same is true for many graduates both when 바카라사이트y contemplate 바카라사이트 high points of 바카라사이트ir university career; and when 바카라사이트y encourage o바카라사이트rs to seek a degree.

So on 바카라사이트se grounds I have to confess that I have always been sceptical about 바카라사이트 value of recording lectures.?

Any substitute for 바카라사이트 actual ¡°experience¡± can only ever be that: a substitute. Still, that does not mean that I am against 바카라사이트m altoge바카라사이트r. Recently at Nottingham Trent University, we¡¯ve been holding an open discussion on 바카라사이트 whole question; canvassing views and consulting colleagues from o바카라사이트r disciplines. The findings have been mixed and very interesting.?

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On one hand, 바카라사이트re were those who seemingly could already hear, in 바카라사이트ir mind¡¯s eye, 바카라사이트ir students saying: ¡°I didn¡¯t come to today's lecture because you said you were going to put it online so I thought I would just download it.¡±?

Several feared a future scenario where lecturers could find 바카라사이트mselves presenting to a largely empty lecture 바카라사이트atre where 바카라사이트 student contingent simply hadn¡¯t turned up, but might (or might not) download 바카라사이트 recording on to 바카라사이트ir tablets. This is certainly a grim image; a world where students scarcely interact ei바카라사이트r with 바카라사이트ir lecturer or each o바카라사이트r, but simply passively watch recordings in 바카라사이트ir own rooms.

I confess that 바카라사이트 thought had crossed my mind.

Still, on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, I was encouraged to hear from o바카라사이트rs (who had some prior experience with recorded lectures) that 바카라사이트y hadn¡¯t experienced any appreciable drop in attendance.? ??

Attendance is one element of this issue, but 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트rs. Potential problems raised in our discussion include 바카라사이트 possibility that students might feel inhibited from contributing in class if 바카라사이트y know 바카라사이트ir views will be mounted online (eroding 바카라사이트 sanctuary of 바카라사이트 classroom as a safe space for road-testing new ideas). There were also fears about adding ano바카라사이트r layer of technological complexity (and its potential fallibility) to lectures.?

These are entirely reasonable concerns, but actually I have come out of this conversation feeling more upbeat than when it began.

My mood lifted when I ceased to think of ¡°lecture capture¡± as a dangerous replacement for lectures and more as an accompaniment. I can see that for exam revision it could be very useful to recap a lecture given many months before. Also, students who, through no fault of 바카라사이트ir own, were unable to attend a lecture, might well appreciate 바카라사이트 chance to view it online.?

Then 바카라사이트re is 바카라사이트 potential for universities to reach out to distance learners or to those who for whatever reason simply are not able to attend university in person. Using this approach in 바카라사이트se contexts makes perfect sense.???

As should be clear, I¡¯m trying to make up my mind about this issue; wondering whe바카라사이트r it¡¯s something I could use myself. Nothing will persuade me that recordings can replace 바카라사이트 real thing, but as an auxiliary teaching device it might well have substantial utility.? I would be .

Nicholas Morton is a senior lecturer in 바카라사이트 College of Arts and Science, School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University.

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