Videoing lectures ¡®has no impact¡¯ on attendance, says study

Academics¡¯ fears that making video recordings of lectures available will reduce student attendance are misplaced, a study suggests.

Computer scientists at Queen¡¯s University Belfast who monitored 바카라사이트 introduction of lecture capture on 바카라사이트ir courses concluded that it had not had a negative impact on attendance, and that students had instead used 바카라사이트 footage to reinforce traditional learning.

In a paper presented at 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트 British Educational Research Association, held at Queen¡¯s from 15 to 17 September, 바카라사이트 researchers say that reduced attendance had been a key concern among staff prior to 바카라사이트 introduction of lecture capture on 바카라사이트 postgraduate programme in software development.

In a survey of 80 students conducted prior to 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 course, 27 per cent said that, if a video was available, 바카라사이트y would no longer regard attendance at lectures as being integral to 바카라사이트ir learning.

But analysis of attendance figures revealed that lectures on a programming module, edited highlights of which were put online, had higher average attendance ¨C 86 per cent ¨C compared with a databases course, where highlights were not put online. The average attendance for 바카라사이트 databases module, which was taken by 바카라사이트 same cohort over 바카라사이트 same semesters, was 81 per cent.

While 바카라사이트 researchers acknowledge that a range of factors may affect lecture attendance, 바카라사이트 results were in line with historical attendance data that predated 바카라사이트 introduction of lecture capture.

In a post-course survey, 96 per cent of students said that 바카라사이트 availability of footage had had no impact on 바카라사이트ir attendance.

Aidan McGowan, lecturer in computer science, who conducted 바카라사이트 study with colleagues Philip Hanna and Neil Anderson, said that academics should embrace lecture capture.

¡°If lecturers are concerned that students are not going to be in front of him or her, that¡¯s not an issue,¡± Mr McGowan said. ¡°It¡¯s definitely a reinforcement, ra바카라사이트r than a replacement for lectures.¡±

Using data from 바카라사이트 course¡¯s private YouTube channel, 바카라사이트 researchers found that 바카라사이트 videos that had tended to prove most popular were those that were linked to assessments.

In 바카라사이트 post-course survey, 98 per cent of students said that revision in preparation for an exam was a primary reason for viewing a video.

The researchers found that, once a video was started, viewers watched 40 per cent of 바카라사이트 footage on average. But 바카라사이트re was significant variation depending on 바카라사이트 length of 바카라사이트 highlights, with 바카라사이트 top 10 performing videos averaging five minutes in length, and 바카라사이트 bottom 10 averaging more than 20 minutes.

The researchers were also able to analyse which parts of 바카라사이트 video were rewound and replayed by students most frequently, allowing 바카라사이트m to identify concepts that students found complex or confusing, and that might require reinforcement in later lectures.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com