Student reactions to classroom lecture capture

  • Authors:
  • Paul E. Dickson;David I. Warshow;Alec C. Goebel;Colin C. Roache;W. Richards Adrion

  • Affiliations:
  • Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA;Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA;Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA;Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA;University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 17th ACM annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of lecture recording, which aspects of lectures and lecture capture systems are most used, and what additional features and functions would make the experience more effective. We evaluated 4 computer science courses recorded during spring 2011 using our comprehensive lecture capture system PAOL and presented with webMANIC. We discuss the results of student surveys and focus groups and compare these with prior surveys that investigated how students reacted to the availability of online lecture content and how they used these resources in large- and small-scale deployments with both home-grown and commercial lecture capture technologies. The primary motivation for this study was to analyze how lecture capture fits in the context of computer science curricula and pedagogy and about how we can enhance our systems to be more educationally effective.