Recording lectures offers ‘second bite of the cherry’

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Distillate: David Read looks at recent chemical education research

The idea of recording lectures/lessons has been on the minds of educators at different levels for some time as there are a number of potential benefits, as well as pitfalls.

The technology now exists to make it feasible to record sessions and a number of universities are already making recordings of lectures available online. Several semi-automatic software solutions are available which allow teachers to record their lectures/lessons and upload them to a virtual learning environment (VLE) with minimal support from technical staff, resulting in a significant increase in activity in this area.

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