Abstract:

Lecture capture has proved to be an extraordinarily popular technology with both students and staff. Although the use so far has been relatively conservative the potential pedagogic impact should not be underestimated. For the first time many academics are using video regularly to support teaching and learning and students are becoming accustomed to regarding the lecture itself as more a resource than an ephemeral event that can be revisited and engaged with. The superficially simple idea of providing access to lectures at the students own pace and location is leading to surprising innovation. Institutions are beginning to build extensive libraries of recorded material. These are already being re-used for content-based marketing, raising the institutional profile by allowing external access to teaching and learning events, and providing a route to more flexible, distance and blended modes of learning such as 'flipping'. The REC:all (www.rec-all.info) project has been investigating these changes and how such material can be repurposed and augmented. Educational value can be shown to be added for example by editing resources into smaller clips and recording bespoke materials for viewing prior or a lab, tutorial or seminar. The project has produced a useful development framework and a set of practical guides to help teachers create this type of enhanced video resource.