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Table 6
Selected Student Feedback on Recorded Lectures Provided Asynchronously to Online Sections
Semester
Student Comment
1st
Love it! This is my 1st experience with technology like this in an on-line course and
it has immensely contributed to my grasp of the course content. In the past, I have
preferred to take traditional lecture courses. I always felt that I got more out of a
classroom setting especially with the instructor clarifying topics and delivering
immediate feedback. That is one down side to the webinars. However, this is the
next best thing and I feel as though I am getting everything a traditional course has
to offer except the ability to ask questions.
st
1
Some of the technical problems that I ran into involved the program stopping and
restarting while the professor was talking. Also, I found it difficult to hear the class
members talking and asking questions. If the class talked a lot I was unable to hear
what most of them had to say. Perhaps, more microphones could be added
throughout the class room so the audio is clear and easy to hear.
st
1
I wish that there was a way that it could be more interactive as far as being able to
have live chat attached with it. Outside of that the software is great.
st
1
I can’t really say anything about it because those types of webinars and broadcasts
don't really help me because of my disability. So I don't see any benefit in this for
me.
1st
One thing I would like to see added is a brief introduction and directions for the use
of the webinars at the beginning of the course. This way people would understand
up front the advantages to webinars and immediately start using the technology. I
wish all my online courses had used webinars. I feel as though I have missed out by
not having been able to take advantage of this technology earlier.
nd
2
I liked the webinar recorded lectures, and I think that they are a good i XK