Online Lecture As an Alternative Method of Instruction in College Classrooms: Measuring the Effects of Alternating In-class with Online Lectures in Two Sections of an Undergraduate Introduction to Behavior Analysis Course Page: 21
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The advantages of online lecture include the flexibility of access in terms of time and
location. Data collected from Blackboard Learn illustrate that students accessed the lecture at
times other than the scheduled class period on Monday. For the 11 lectures for which data were
available from Blackboard Learn, students accessed the lecture on at least two of the three days
that the lecture was available. Moreover, students also accessed the lecture throughout the day,
and at multiple times during the period in which the lecture was available. Conversely, the in-
class lectures were available during only the scheduled class time and therefore provided no such
flexibility. While having multiple opportunities to access the lecture may be beneficial to some
students, the more structured schedule of the in-class lecture may be particularly important for
other students, especially those with poor time management skills. As 40 of the 67 students were
freshmen, it is possible that many students in each section did not have the required time
management skills to benefit from the time-based flexibility offered by the online lecture.
Instructors might want to explore the possibility of reaching all types of learners by providing in-
class lecture times and supplementing the instruction with recorded, permanent products (online
lectures) that are readily available throughout the course. In this scenario, students could have the
option to select one or both lecture formats depending on their needs or preferences.
In addition to a more structured schedule, another advantage of in-class lecture is the
student/instructor interaction. The in-class lecture provides students the opportunity to ask
questions of the instructor, and the active responding element of the lectures provides the
instructor with feedback as to whether students require further clarification of the material. It is
possible that this interaction reinforced attendance at in-class lecture. In addition, it is possible
that students found interaction with their peers reinforcing. Future research might investigate the
use of technology in synchronous methods of online lecture delivery that would provide the21
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Treacher, Kay G. Online Lecture As an Alternative Method of Instruction in College Classrooms: Measuring the Effects of Alternating In-class with Online Lectures in Two Sections of an Undergraduate Introduction to Behavior Analysis Course, thesis, May 2013; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271907/m1/27/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .