Lecture rapture: the place and case for lectures in the new normal. Issue 5 (4th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nordmann, Emily; Hutchison, Jacqui; MacKay, Jill R. D.
• Is Part Of: Teaching in higher education. Volume 27:Issue 5(2022)
• Page Start: 709
• Page End: 716
• Publication Date: 2022-07-04
• Subjects: Lectures -- lecture capture -- online learning -- higher education; College teaching -- Periodicals; Education, Higher -- Evaluation -- Periodicals; Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- Periodicals; 378.1205
• DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2021.2015755
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1356-2517

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Following the pivot to online teaching as a result of COVID-19, a longstanding debate as to whether higher education should abandon traditional face-to-face lectures has reignited. In this paper, we set out our reflection on this issue based on the evidence available. We conclude that traditional on-campus lectures, and the recordings of those lectures have a place in higher education and the suggestion that they should be abandoned is as unhelpful as the suggestion that they should be the default mode of teaching. When lectures are deliberately chosen as the most appropriate method of teaching and when the same pedagogical care and attention is given as to other modes of delivery, they provide an effective, pragmatic solution, particularly for large classes.