Title:	REPURPOSING TRADITIONAL LINEAR EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR DISCONTINUOUS, STUDENT-CENTRED CONSUMPTION
Author(s):	Iain F. Stewart, William A. McKee, Kevin Porteous
ISBN:	978-972-8939-38-0
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2011
Edition:	Volume I
Keywords:	Student-centred, non linear, lecture capture, blended learning
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	298
Last Page:	304
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	In almost every formal learning institution the lecture is still core to many teaching activities. Experience has shown that when used well, the lecture allows the tutor to quickly present a range of ideas, make connections between concepts and to gauge from the immediate feedback from the class where comprehension issues arise. This allows the lecturer to adapt the presentation to clarify and extend the content to improve the student’s understanding, and thus to gain valuable feedback to improve future teaching. Many researchers however have pointed out that there are a number of disadvantages with lectures. Some of these include the language of delivery (in an increasingly multicultural learning environment), the one off nature of the activity, the requirement to be physically present, and often a perceived lack of integration between the lecture content and the other resources that the students will be accessing as part of the educational experience of the subject. In previous papers the authors have described one approach to extending the benefits of the lecture by integrating them into an online learning resources which makes the lecture an integral part of a mesh of content. This paper discusses how the content of a captured lecture is mounted into a dedicated content management system. The custom application developed by the authors then allows the content to be linked with the other resources which are part of the learning environment of the student. Thus the benefits of the captured lecture (such as self-paced, repeatable revision and review of the presentation) are extended by specific elements of the presentation being linked to particular questions and discussion elements, supplementary materials can be embedded into the package, and the desirable feedback effected since points raised can be commented on by the students through existing “instant” mechanisms. The paper describes the development of the pilot system that is currently being deployed, the feedback received to date and the development of the specification for the next version and its roll out across a wide range of platforms.
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