Lecture recording

Help or hinder in developing a stimulating learning environment?

Abstract

Owing to an increase in demand for undergraduate video lecture recording across the University the University Centre for Teaching and Learning were asked to outline possible alternative practices for the recording and distribution of lectures to students. Discussion with academic and other colleagues on the subject of recorded lectures identified two seemingly conflicting viewpoints; whether the adoption of a recorded lecture system would be beneficial to student learning by way of increased flexible learning provision, or whether effort and money should be better spent on developing staff approaches to active learning, so changing the nature of delivery for many courses from a passive lecture transmission to more engaging and collaborative forms of learning. This poster charts the development of this investigation, detailing the approaches and outcomes to date with particular emphasis on the institutional perspective.