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gary chinn

Students Rank Lecture Capture 'Most Important' Blended Learning Resource - 3 views

  • students selected Lecture Capture as the 'most important blended learning technology resource,' followed by 'Course/Learning Management Systems' and 'Smartboards & Projectors.' Eighty-four percent of respondents said they would like to see institutions expand the use of blended learning while 86 percent responded that it increases their understanding of course material.
  • Among the top benefits of lecture capture and blended learning solutions identified by students are:Helps me review material from class Helps me prepare for exams Allows me to learn independently Clarifies confusing topics Improves overall learning experience Helps me use my time more efficiently
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    Interesting, if not biased, research. Echo 360 really floods the LC literature with this sort of thing, and I'm not entirely sure that they're not cherry picking findings in a non-scientific way. Of course they're a vendor and that's to be expected. I just take it with a grain of salt.
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    good comment. my initial interest was piqued by the rather large n for the study (2,000 is pretty good for ed tech research). you have to request the white paper and it's then emailed to you, so if anyone else wants to check it out let me know and I can send it along to you and you can avoid getting on echo's spam list... the study itself is interesting in that it asks about a pretty diverse list of perceived benefits of LC. it should be noted that half of the respondents are at medical or public health schools; I guess that just happens to be a big client base for echo. they also break things down by undergrad and grad responses, which is another way our group could go if we so choose (ie. are there distinct differences in use for UG vs. grad, etc).
Rucha Modak

Faculty and student resources for using web-based lecture technologies - 0 views

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    Sorry if anyone already talked about this, but this page lists resources for both faculty and students created using data from the study of Australian universities (Gosper et al, 2010 - posted on mendeley and google doc). I think they look pretty comprehensive and easy to access. Interestingly, suggestions for faculty members in part include student reflections about lecturing. The original report can also be downloaded here.
gary chinn

Successful Strategic Planning for Your Lecture Capture Initiative | EDUCAUSE - 3 views

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    the PDF can be downloaded here; this might be a good model to follow for the LD/staff resources that we create, it's easily digestible. my only issue is that it poses lots of questions, so I'd want a bit more by way of info.
Rucha Modak

The efficacy of screencasts to address the diverse academic needs of students in a larg... - 3 views

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    In large lecture courses, it can be challenging for instructors to address student misconceptions, supplement background knowledge, and identify ways to motivate the various interests of all students during the allotted class time. Instructors can harness instructional technology such as screencasts, recordings that capture audio narration along with computer screen images, to supplement the lecture with content that addresses the diversity in student academic backgrounds, motivations, and interests, to extend the classroom experience, and reach the individualized needs of students. This study documents the strategic use of screencasts in a large introductory Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) course, and examines their impact on student usage and course performance. To assess the efficacy of screencasts, students were surveyed to determine how they used screencasts and whether they perceived these resources to be helpful. In addition, we correlated student usage based on website hits with student performance (e.g. final grade) to determine statistical significance. Since the course is comprised of students from different academic and social backgrounds, we also analyzed usage and performance patterns for particular student subgroups. The results indicate that students perceive the screencasts to be helpful and tend to use the resources as a study supplement. Overall, usage of screencasting in its various forms is positively and significantly correlated with course performance as indicated by the final grade. The most substantial gains were found for students with the least amount of prior exposure to concepts in the course material. These results indicate a potential for screencasts to address the various academic needs of students in a large lecture environment.
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    Quite an interesting study. It looks at academic performance in terms of final course grade in a Material Science Engineering class with reference to screencast usage by different groups of students. The groups were created based on gender, race, citizenship, academic status (sophomores to seniors) and major. Usage was measured by the number of website hits per student. Screencasts of homework solutions and 'muddiest point' solutions had the highest number of views. Under Represented Minorities (URM) and sophomores did not benefit from viewing screencasts, non-citizens and Industrial and Operations Engineers did. Gender was not correlated with usage or performance.
Chris Millet

Re-inventing the Lecture (Or, Why Online Lectures Don't Work, and What We Can Do About It) - 8 views

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    Chunking content, speaking faster and with more energy, closer and more intimiate camera angles, integrating multimedia are all very good techniques for making instructional videos more watchable for students. I think it's interesting that a bad lecture seems even worse on video. Maybe lecture capture will serve to magnify the failings of un-engaging instruction and nudge faculty towards more focused and well-designed presentations.
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    agree. I also liked the info on aspects of successful vlog approaches. he actually does a pretty great job of binging up issues and providing compelling examples. the dude who couldn't get his mic on standing in front of the illegible chalkboard was a fine example of limitations of the medium.
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    I sat in on a focus group with some Business faculty, and just from that, I can guarantee that people will forget to turn mics on, or not adjust levels so things are too quiet. Not their fault though.. most podium A/V systems are painfully convoluted. All the more reason for us to go with a system that's dead simple to use (i.e. completely automated)
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    excellent point, and a good example of one way to mitigate such issues. another, I presume, being adequate training and resources.
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    "Maybe lecture capture will serve to magnify the failings of un-engaging instruction and nudge faculty towards more focused and well-designed presentations" Kind of had a similar exchange with my director yesterday. Might be interesting to see if we can create a context of "try lecture capture, and open up more of your face-to-face time for active learning and student-centered activities." Might be an interesting carrot to dangle, to see if we can get some faculty creating GOOD lecture capture content, and helping them migrate to more active learning strategies because of it.
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    bart, the notion of using lc to free up classroom time in more of a hybrid approach is touched on in the "reverse instruction" article I posted to the group. in our college, we have some architectural engineering folks who've been doing "classroom flip" for a while. I think that's a big potential upside to lc for rez ed.
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    Gary - I'd like to learn more about how the instructors in architectural engineering are applying the reverse classroom concept.
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    hey jeff, here's a link to some slides from one of their presentations (not sure when it's from, there's no date): http://www.powershow.com/view/2a5f8-ZDBiN/Recording_of_Educational_Content_and_the_classroom_Flip_flash_ppt_presentation
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    Thanks :)
Jeff Swain

Lecture Capture: Lights! Camera! Action! -- Campus Technology - 5 views

  • Laster feels that lecture capture really comes into its own in those courses that teach the fundamentals to large classes. "Lecture capture as a replacement for the 400-student experience in the lecture hall can make a lot of sense," he explains. "But where you have a more interactive classroom style, it doesn't make sense."
  • Interestingly, faculty at many institutions now see lecture capture as a way to help transform those large classes into the kind of interactive learning experience that Laster describes.
  • Because the technology essentially separates the lecture from the class, Jones is able to front-load her lectures, making them available for students to review online before class. She then uses class time for group discussions.
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  • The most commonly touted benefit of these systems is that they are student centered. Capturing, indexing, publishing, and storing class lectures in online repositories, vendors say, provide students with a resource that improves learning outcomes.
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      It's truisms like this that get in the way of real knowing. Vendors says this is what students want. What would students say?
  • "What we're seeing is the accelerated death of the lecture as we know it,"
    • Jeff Swain
       
      been predicted since the invention of the phonograph
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    One thing I'd like to push our group to do is start from the ultimate end-user's perspective-- the student. If the instructor is going to use this tool we should help her/him maximize the value by first exploring student use cases. Do students use these options now? For what? How do the use it? Does it suit a certain kind of student? Certain kind of discipline or course? We could see what data we can collect from the university and others as well. This may give us insight into what disciplines & content, and thus what instructors, this tool would best support. I have a hunch that the way video is produced now it is under-used and not as effective as it could be because we're not starting from the student POV. Thoughts from others?
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    jeff, I've seen references that address the kinds of content and I do think the ability to view lectures on demand have more potential benefit in courses that rely heavily on worked examples/shown solutions. this could include physics, math, econ, stats, chem, etc. most data on student usage I've seen indicates that LC can be popular for reviewing sections of lectures. that's one student use case, perhaps the most obvious one. some of the other strategies, like classroom flip, demonstrations, video intros to units, "muddiest point" videos, and others are much more interesting and something that our group could really spend some time thinking through.
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    The most obvious use case that I found in the literature (and this is primarily from a face-to-face instructional setting) is for exam review. That is when the studies reported (by far) the highest usage. The other use that comes up a lot, that I would consider a best practice, is to use tape a portion of a lecture, on your own, with a laptop, and have students view it before coming to class. The perception data some of these people throw around (especially Echo 360) claim that 85-95% of kids want lecture capture. Some of the studies indicate that only 30-40% of students use the actual recorded lectures, and most of these students are the high-performing, highly motivated students. In terms of the students, we talked today a bit about the importance of meta data and a very accessible, user-friendly lecture capture platform. I can't recall which study, but the number one reason students did not access the lecture capture video was that the platform was too confusing to use.
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    Gary & Bart, Thanks for the insight. I'd be willing to wager the percentage of student use is closer to 30% than 95%. One thing Gary provides us is specific college instances. Is it worth looking at these from a student perspective first? We can than approach instructors with some insight & reasoning for the approach. Kate, what about some specific Liberal Arts instance? Thoughts from everyone?
Jeff Swain

Lecture Capture: Lights! Camera! Action! -- Campus Technology - 0 views

  • It forces you to address a skill set that you might not have thought much about, or not for a long time.
    • Jeff Swain
       
      We never help create teachers. We create content experts and say go teach. There is a difference. A big difference. That is why you can name all your great teachers o one hand
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      Jeff - do you think that lecture capture systems, and properly training faculty to use them, could have a positive impact on poor performing teachers?
  • "A college lecture is definitely a performance,
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    Chris, interesting question. I think any means that enables reflection on practice could help, if implemented properly. Tools like LC afford the opportunity to dissect & reflect on the actual performance, something teachers do not always get to see. Personally, seeing myself from the outside like that always humbles me & makes me want to improve. A video capture tool as part of a development kit could be a critical piece to improving performance. But, I'd want to explore this developmental idea further. My fear is we would not introduce LC properly &, with the best of intentions, doom it to mediocrity at best. What do you think of LC for this use? We'd have to think about the cost, audience, buy-in, etc. But from a pedagogical perspective as well? Jeff
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    I think, at the very least, an archive allows an instructor to go back and look at things. so in the event that reviews are consistently bad, it could be a resource for evaluation and improvement. this would have to be an opt-in decision, though. my guess is that, at least early on, most faculty might not like the idea of being recorded for evaluation purposes. I have no evidence of this, just my sense of things.
Kate Miffitt

EBSCOhost: LECTURE CAPTURE: POLICY and Strategy - 0 views

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    A descriptive article on varying initiatives at different universities in the use of lecture capture - including to support traveling student-athletes, classroom flip, and student-created "re-mixes" of tagged lecture clips.
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    had not thought of traveling student-athletes, but that's a great point. within our college, we have students competing on the EcoRace, Solar Decathlon and other teams, as well as short trips to developing nations for our service-learning courses. had not thought of them, but LC would be a useful resource for that population.
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