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Publication Date: 2022
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The Post-Pandemic Lecture: Views from Academic Staff across the UK
Education Sciences, v12 Article 123 2022
COVID-19 forced the closure of UK universities. One effect of this was a change in how lectures, and their recordings, were made and used. In this research, we aimed to address two related research questions. Firstly, we aimed to understand how UK universities replaced in-person lectures and, secondly, to establish what academic staff believed the post-pandemic lecture would look like. In a mixed-methods study, we collected anonymous quantitative and qualitative data from 87 academics at 36 UK institutions. Analysis revealed that respondents recognised the value and importance of interactive teaching and indicated that the post-pandemic lecture would and should make greater use of this. Data also revealed positive views of lecture capture, in contrast to pre-pandemic studies, and demonstrated that staff recognised their value for those who were unable to attend, or who had specific learning differences. However, staff also recognised the value of asynchronous lecture videos within a blended or flipped approach. This study provides evidence that the pandemic has engendered changes in attitudes and practices within UK higher education that are conducive to educational reform.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Lecture Method, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, School Closing, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Asynchronous Communication, Synchronous Communication, Futures (of Society)
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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