Lecture rapture: the place and case for lectures in the new normal

2021/12/16 by Emily Nordmann, Jacqui Hutchison, Jill R D MacKay · 1 voice · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Innovations in Educational Methods #Online and Blended Learning #Evaluation of Teaching Practices

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/13562517.2021.2015755

Abstract

Following the pivot to online teaching as a result of COVID-19, a longstanding debate as to whether higher education should abandon traditional face-to-face lectures has reignited. In this paper, we set out our reflection on this issue based on the evidence available. We conclude that traditional on-campus lectures, and the recordings of those lectures have a place in higher education and the suggestion that they should be abandoned is as unhelpful as the suggestion that they should be the default mode of teaching. When lectures are deliberately chosen as the most appropriate method of teaching and when the same pedagogical care and attention is given as to other modes of delivery, they provide an effective, pragmatic solution, particularly for large classes.

Citations

• Class Attendance in College

Cited by

• ‘Lost futures’ and undermined pasts of the pandemic: Digital lecturers’ ghostly reflections of time, self and the university
• Lecture capture as Universal Design for Learning: a post-pandemic scoping review

Discussions

• There's some good thoughtful writing on this, including by @emilynordmann.bsky.social & colleagues and .... doi.org/10.1080/1356... [bsky, 13 points, 1 comments]

Related

• Reassessing the value of university lectures
• Lectures
• Are live lectures a discontinued model? A survey on the influence of synchronous online lecturing on the perception of teaching and assessment outcome
• Reclaim the Classroom! Arguments Against the Routine Recording of Lectures
• Lecture capture as Universal Design for Learning: a post-pandemic scoping review