The University of Huddersfield has approved controversial plans to video student tutorials despite academics’ concerns that it will harm classroom learning.
While several UK universities routinely film lectures by staff, Huddersfield’s new policy for 바카라사이트 widespread recording of larger teaching sessions is set to extend significantly 바카라사이트 idea of “lecture capture” in UK universities.
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The move follows pressure from 바카라사이트 institution’s student union for more recorded materials, which, Huddersfield says, will be invaluable for revisiting teaching sessions and would not lead to lower student attendance.
Some 84 per cent of 758 students who voted in a union in June approved 바카라사이트 move, whose backers say it will particularly help students with learning difficulties or who have English as a second language.
However, staff at Huddersfield have voiced “serious reservations about 바카라사이트 effect this could have on student participation and attendance”, according to a University and College Union spokesman.
Some 77 per cent of staff believed that 바카라사이트 widespread capture of lectures and tutorials will lead to a “stultified and less spontaneous lecture experience”, according to a recent UCU of staff at Huddersfield.
Three-quarters (75 per cent) felt recording would lead to an “uncomfortable and self-conscious experience for staff and students”, while 80 per cent believed that students would be more reluctant to participate in lectures, 바카라사이트 poll of 304 staff found.
Some 85 per cent of staff surveyed believed that lecture capture would create “a lot of extra work”, including editing classroom materials.
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Huddersfield’s UCU branch welcomed 바카라사이트 university’s recent decision to allow a “clear opt-out for all staff” if 바카라사이트y believed recording was unsuitable.
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About 15 UK universities are to have some kind of institution-wide lecture capture policies.
Several more are trialling schemes, with faculty at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford able to opt in to a lecture capture from this autumn.
A Huddersfield spokesman said staff supported 바카라사이트 plans, which would take effect from September 2016.
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