Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of providing lecture notes: The role of internet technology as a delivery system and research tool

Grabe, Mark; Christopherson, Kimberly M.

doi:10.1016/j.iheduc.2005.09.002

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“…This study examines the relationships among voluntary student use of online lecture resources, examination performance, and student attendance. This same set of variables has been examined in a few existing studies (Herson et al 1999;Grabe et al 2004Grabe et al -2005Grabe & Christopherson 2005;Vandehey et al 2005). Our interest is in the Grabe and Vandehey studies because of the focus on inexperienced students in large enrolment courses and because these researchers offered students lecture resources in multiple formats.…”

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Optional student use of online lecture resources: resource preferences, performance and lecture attendance

Grabe

Christopherson

2007

Computer Assisted Learning

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One of the most common uses of a course management system in the on-campus environment is to offer lecture resources to students. Few researchers have investigated how students use such resources. This study considers student use of lecture resources that offer a representation of the lecture presented (i.e. lecture outline, lecture summary, audio recording) and the relationship of the use of such resources to examination performance and attendance. The present research is argued to be an extension of research that investigated the benefits of providing students instructor notes conducted some 30 years ago. The Internet provides a practical way to apply some of these ideas and to collect data on the reaction of students to the opportunity to view lecture resources. Students made very little use of the audio recordings. We suggest audio recordings may be regarded by students as less efficient and less useful than text-based lecture summaries. The use of online lecture resources, lecture attendance, and examination performance were positively related. For one of three examinations, there was a significant negative interaction of note use and attendance in predicting examination performance providing some support for the hypothesis that students may be able to successfully compensate by viewing online lecture resources when unable to attend class. Because students in this study were not asked to explain their use of these resources, the present findings are regarded as speculative. However, given the interests of many practitioners in providing students lecture resources, the descriptive data and the relationships observed here encourage additional investigation.

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Optional student use of online lecture resources: resource preferences, performance and lecture attendance

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Christopherson

2007

Computer Assisted Learning

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“…6,[33][34][35][36]49,60 However, a number of publications have suggested that attendance does not fall if resources are made available to students prior to lectures. 58,62,63 This trend is reflected in the response to question 2 of our survey.…”

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“…56 Online resources have become readily available over the past decade. 36,[57][58][59][60] It is now common to find recordings of lectures or lecture slides online prior to teaching sessions. These twenty-first century advances create questions around the relevance of lectures delivered in the traditional manner.…”

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“…Having a template in the form of pre-released slides could potentially rectify this problem and improve revision techniques. 26,58 Access to online material also gives students the option of distance learning.…”

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“…49 If students are unable to attend a lecture, online notes are an effective way of ensuring they can access any information they missed. 58 However, there is a worry that this may increase temptation to 'skip' lectures and indeed, access to electronic resources means many medical students now choose not to attend teaching sessions, opting to carry out their own learning instead. 39,40,51,70 Studies have shown that students who used notes provided by the lecturer had higher mean exams scores than those who didn't.…”

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Could Attendance at Medical School be improved? A Prospective Study of Medical Education at The University of Liverpool: Study of Attendance at a UK Medical School

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Phenomenon: Attendance at UK medical school teaching sessions is on the decline. This research aimed to explore the reasons for this reduction.Approach: Attendance was assessed, by way of head counts, at 3 rd year students' lectures, tutorials and problem based learning (PBL) sessions at the University of Liverpool. Reasons for absence were explored using a questionnaire sent via email to the year group. Findings:Compulsory lectures attained greater attendance than non-compulsory lectures. Access to PowerPoint presentations prior to lectures correlated with a decline in attendance as did long timetable gaps. Lectures held oncampus were poorly attended compared to those held at hospital sites where students undertook clinical placements. Unsupervised PBL sessions, with sign in sheets, achieved excellent attendance however, turnout was poor when monitoring wasn't present. Similar trends were observed for lecture attendance, indicating that students may be motivated to attend by fear of reprimand. 75 students responded to an online questionnaire exploring reasons for attendance and their responses largely agreed with our findings, however one discrepancy was highlighted. Students reported that access to lecture slides before teaching sessions would not affect attendance, although our evidence showed that when slides were available attendance declined.Insights: Attendance could be improved if teaching coincided with hospital placements. Sign-in sheets, fewer gaps between sessions and multiple lectures on one day would see a marked increase in attendees. In future, medical Nevins E, Moori P, Alexander L, Richards B, Bleasdale V, Sharma A MedEdPublish https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2016.000078Page | 2 schools should consider these factors to enhance student motivation to attend teaching sessions.

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Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of providing lecture notes: The role of internet technology as a delivery system and research tool

Cited by 35 publications

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Optional student use of online lecture resources: resource preferences, performance and lecture attendance

Optional student use of online lecture resources: resource preferences, performance and lecture attendance

Could Attendance at Medical School be improved? A Prospective Study of Medical Education at The University of Liverpool: Study of Attendance at a UK Medical School

Challenges of Digital Note Taking

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