I have to admire their stance here. While I think that recorded lectures should be available for those who might struggle attending or need them to support inclusive learning profiles, I do think for the majority they lose out in the long term. Binge watching lectures a week before an exam is no way to engage with a subject.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/03/cambridge-scholars-face-student-backlash-scrapping-recorded/
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Cambridge (try to) stop recorded lectures
Fathercrossmas · 04/01/2023 15:22
Oakbeam · 06/01/2023 16:56
Have you ever tried listening/watching back the recorded lectures? The sound quality is generally really poor
A radio lapel microphone works quite well to ensure all that is recorded is your voice. The only downside is that question and answer sessions can be a bit one sided. Adding them to the FAQs in the online course material is one way around it, although a bit of a faff.
You have to be very careful what you say while the mike is turned on. I was once using a very heavy item as a prop and dropped it on my fingers. I had to edit the recording.
damekindness · 04/01/2023 20:58
Have you ever tried listening/watching back the recorded lectures? The sound quality is generally really poor because we're shoehorned into unsuitable and overcrowded rooms with limited audio/tech aids and the in person students are not exactly spellbound into silence. It's a bit like trying to hear someone teach on platform 3 in Euston. If students are relying on that in place of attendance I fear for their assessment performance!
Fathercrossmas · 06/01/2023 14:46
9am is convenient and expected to the working population. It's not like we are demanding them in for 3am drills.
onyttig · 06/01/2023 15:28
I used to just let my students have my speaking notes (in the PowerPoint).
The students who thought this was a substitute for attendance (and often reading) didn’t tend to do very well, as you can imagine.
Fathercrossmas · 06/01/2023 13:48
The morning issue irritates me beyond belief. Having students declare they 'can't' attend (even online) anything before 11 is ridiculous when I've been up all night with a toddler, and left the house at 6 to be there. And they want us to make them employable!
Greatly · 06/01/2023 09:16
Students think the course should be enjoyable and convenient
Ideally it would be!
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