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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author EDWARDS, Martin R. (CLINTON, Michael E.)
Title A study exploring the impact of lecture capture availability and lecture capture usage on student attendance and attainment / Martin R. Edwards ; Michael E. Clinton
Publication year 2019
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 77 (2019) 3, S. 403 - 421
Inventory number 48018
Keywords Vorlesungskritik ; Studentenschaft : Studienverhalten
Abstract Lecture capture is widely used within higher education as a means of recording lecture material for online student viewing. However, there is some uncertainty around whether this is a uniformly positive development for students. The current study examines the impact of lecture capture introduction and usage in a compulsory second year research methods module in a undergraduate BSc degree. Data collected from a matched cohort before (N?=?161) and after (N?=?160) lecture capture introduction showed that attendance substantially dropped in three matched lectures after capture became available. Attendance, which predicts higher attainment (controlling for students’ previous grade and gender), mediates a negative relationship between lecture capture availability and attainment. Lecture capture viewing shows no significant relationship with attainment whilst factoring in lecture attendance; capture viewing also fails to compensate for the impact that low attendance has on attainment. Thus, the net effect of lecture capture introduction on the cohort is generally negative; the study serves as a useful example (that can be communicated students) of the pitfalls of an over-reliance on lecture capture as a replacement for lecture attendance. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) Edwards, Martin R., E-Mail: martin.r.edwards@kc1.ac.uk