Lecture Capture In and Out of the Classroom

How a Small College is Using Lecture Capture in a Big Way Steve Brewer College of Saint MaryOmaha IACBE Annual Conference March 2011

Agenda Lecture capture overview How it’s used today How it could be used Issues to consider

Colleges 76% of colleges: lecture capture is important part of their plan 65%: developing a plan 4% of courses today use lecture capture * 2010 Campus Computing Survey

Students 47% had taken a course with lecture capture offered 93% would use to make up for a missed class 79% would use to rewatch content 60% would pay for lecture capture access * University of Wisconsin E-Business Institute

Lecture Capture Providers Build it yourself Open source platform ◦ Opencast Matterhorn Project 10 software products Sonic Foundry has 40% of market * Educause Quarterly

Tegrity Cameras in all classrooms Software on all computers Recordings placed in archives

Lecture Recording – Possible Uses Exam study Complex topics & processes Statistical concepts Professors speaking quickly

Online Courses-Possible Uses Announcements / updates Student presentations Demonstrations Guest speakers

CSM Tegrity Usage – Fall faculty members 37 courses 433 recordings 1,800 student views 900 hours viewed Average view time – 30 minutes

Potential Student Uses “Teach Each Other” assignments Presentation practice Demonstrating processes Show presentations to employers or prospective employers

Potential Faculty Uses Video Case Studies Capstone course – communicate with client companies When you cannot be there

Potential Campus Uses Campus speakers Recording student events Mock job interviews Cross-disciplinary courses

Impact on Class Attendance Stanford research UC-Berkeley research CSM faculty findings “If they come now, they will still come.”

Cost Tegrity starts at $10,000 for 250 hours of recordings Open source – less expensive, more labor required Costs $5,000 to $50,000 per year

Content Ownership UC Berkeley ◦ Faculty owns content ◦ College owns MP3 ◦ Give them away through Creative Commons Other college policies

Privacy Need a college-wide policy ◦ Who has access? ◦ Students’ words and images ◦ Release forms Be careful

Measuring Outcomes Exam scores slightly higher* Student satisfaction higher** Outcomes research needed * Coppin State University ** University of Wisconsin

Conclusion If it’s available, try it. If exploring possibilities, get involved. If not available, encourage it.

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Contact Information Steve Brewer College of Saint Mary Omaha Marketing & Management Instructor

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