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Because a good lecturer will do more than just read off his or her slides, and if they tell students the slides will be available than many of them won't show u
by BruceIV 12y ago
Because a good lecturer will do more than just read off his or her slides, and if they tell students the slides will be available than many of them won't show up, and will miss out good material.
Video-recording the lectures is another thing entirely, but if the students are going to actually go to the trouble of watching them they may as well actually come to class where they can ask questions, get feedback, and get involved in class exercises.
(I do realize that there are lots of horrible lecturers out there who do nothing more than read off the PowerPoint that comes with the textbook, but I think the correct approach to that is to re-work the tenure system to promote good lecturers as well as good researchers, not abolish lectures.)
- watwut 12y agoOn the other hand, video can be stopped, rewinded and you have more time to think about the question and find the answer by yourself.
- ghkbrew 12y agoOr played at 1.5x speed. One of the problems with lectures is that they tend to be geared towards the lowest common denominator. The great thing about the few of my college courses that provided online lectures was that I could go through them at my own pace and not be bored out of my mind for 90min of a 2hr lecture.
- nlawalker 12y ago>> if the students are going to actually go to the trouble of watching them they may as well actually come to class where they can ask questions, get feedback, and get involved in class exercises. I strongly disagree. Many lectures aren't structured to include or allow these activities, and many students don't need or want to participate in them. Those students are the ones who sit behind their laptops the whole period, and everyone would be better served if they didn't have to come to lecture in person.