Comment Monash University (Score 1) 457
I''m finishing my Law Degree at the moment at Monash Law School, in Melbourne, Australia. Since i started my degree 95% of my lectures have been available in taped format RealMedia format for streaming - although it was never recommended that students skip class, recording never had that impact, and in my opinion increased the numbers attending class because they can easily relisten to portions in which they fell asleep or missed out on because the lecturer was moving too fast.
Just this semester we have about 70% of our lectures podcasted, so that we can listen to them any time we want - which is very handy considering most studnets work, and often forget what lectures they last listened to. It also allows students to listen to other lectures in other streams for the same subject, who may provide better explanations on certain issues.
charging money was never a part of our scheme, and i dont see why it should be. All the infrastructure was in place in our university though, and it was up to the individual lecturer to record, or not to record.
Just this semester we have about 70% of our lectures podcasted, so that we can listen to them any time we want - which is very handy considering most studnets work, and often forget what lectures they last listened to. It also allows students to listen to other lectures in other streams for the same subject, who may provide better explanations on certain issues.
charging money was never a part of our scheme, and i dont see why it should be. All the infrastructure was in place in our university though, and it was up to the individual lecturer to record, or not to record.
