Teaching at a distance using lecture capture
Elevator tale: Lecture capture is often used to make lectures available to students who couldn't attend class - but they are sometimes also used as the basis for extending on-campus provision into distance education. This post suggests ways of maximising lecture capture for the purposes of distance students, who can often feel like second-class citizens when watching recorded classes. Technical, presentation and pedagogical tips are included. Synchronous lecture capture is a distance education approach often used to provide study options for students unable to attend a class. It is a very accessible means of extending education beyond the classroom. It is also widely used as an incidental optional output for on-campus students looking to revise, or who else may have missed a lecture. If capturing synchronous lectures for the purposes of educating at a distance is your goal, read on! From a distance learner's perspective, synchronous lecture capture can be an alienating m...