This document discusses a study conducted at the University of York to better understand student use and perceptions of lecture capture technology. The study used student diaries and interviews to gather data on how and why students use lecture recordings. Initial findings suggest that students strategize how they will use recordings during live lectures and that recordings are used as part of an overall study approach in addition to other resources, rather than just for note taking. The study aims to provide insights beyond typical measures of academic performance by exploring the student learning experience and how lecture capture impacts study behaviors.

1. Why do students use
lecture capture?
Matt Cornock, Richard Walker
E-learning Development Team
University of York
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2. Institutional survey
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
2013-14 [N=161]
2012-13 [N=386] Don't know
Not at all
To some extent
To a great extent
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
2013-14 [N=177]
2012-13 [N=388]
Not appropriate
Definitely not
Not sure
Probably
Definitely
To what extent do you feel that these recordings will assist you in your overall learning for this module?
Would you like to see this type of audio / video resource introduced into other modules?

3. Institutional survey
Surveys paint a general picture of support. The slight change
year-on-year is due, we think, to new adopters and students
working out the value of lecture capture as part of their study
practices.

4. Reasons from the literature
Aid understanding of course content (Soong et al. 2006)
Revision (Copely 2007)
Supplement note-taking (Leadbeater et al. 2013)
Control the pace of learning (Cooke et al. 2012)
Marginal improvement on attainment (Wiese & Newton, 2013)

5. Survey quotes
‘The use of recordings for Physics lectures would be very
useful because sometimes notes alone are not enough to
explain key concepts.’
‘It would have been nice to
have recordings of lectures.’
‘Class capture video
replays are very useful.‘
‘It would also be extremely helpful for revision to be
able to listen to the lecture several weeks later.’

6. Survey quotes
These quotes are very generic, whilst supporting that lecture
capture has a positive impact they do little to help us understand
the way lecture captures are being used and the motivations for
students to use them.

7. Knowledge gap
Are lecture captures
valued as learning resources?
What motivates students’ use
of lecture captures?
Is in-class and private
study behaviour changed
by lecture capture provision?

8. Knowledge gap
The knowledge gap identified goes beyond quantitative
measures of attainment which are influenced by many other
factors, but explores the student learning experience and the
choices that students make over resources and their value.

9. Project timeline
DiariesRecruitment
Phase 1
Recruitment
Phase 2Interviews Interviews
Diaries
Research
output
Initial report
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

10. Recruitment
 Department with well-
established use of lecture
capture
 Students opted-in,
not random selection
 Students expected to have
regular use of captures

11. Data collection
 Two-week diary
 Semi-structured interviews
 Usage logs

12. Participants
Five interviewees
Female: 3. Male: 2.
Age range: 18-22.
Year 1: 1. Year 2: 4.
Home: 4. International: 1.
Six diaries (two incomplete)

13. Diary
 Why did you decide to watch this lecture capture?
 How would you describe your viewing?
 Where did you watch the lecture capture?
 Did you watch the lecture capture on your own or
with others?

14. Diary
‘To help with analysing the results of the
[Module B] practical. Looked up how to work
out standard deviation of residuals in linear
regression.’
Participant use of Module A recording
‘I couldn’t write as fast as lecturer was
talking and missed a few points that was
made. Wanted to make sure I fully
understood the theory she was explaining’
‘Curious about this workshop
that had been on at the same
time as [another] seminar.’
Participant use of CV Workshop recording

15. Interviews
 Resources and learning activities in class
 Resources and learning activities out of class
 Approach to using lecture recordings
 Expectations and motivations for using recordings
 Changes in study behaviour as a result of provision

16. Interviews
 Assessment is a key motivator
 Capture of subject terminology
 Re-experience, not just re-cap
 Note-taking a high priority

17. Initial findings
Students think about how they will use lecture capture
during the live lecture
Lecture captures are used in addition
to established learning resources
Lecture captures form part of an
overall study approach that is
dependent on the student

18. Next steps: Phase 1
 Linking data from logs, diaries and interviews
 Full transcription and analysis
 Using established themes of lecture capture research to
support/contrast existing literature
 Noting emerging themes for further investigation

19. Next steps: Phase 2
 Additional department(s)
 Higher year groups, specialist modules, expectations
of higher-order learning

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21. Further information on this project available at
http://elearningyork.wordpress.com
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mattcornock
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