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SUMMARY:Replacing lectures with videos in the Computer Science Tripos - An
 dy Rice\, Alastair Beresford\, Computer Lab
DTSTART:20130130T141500Z
DTEND:20130130T151500Z
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CONTACT:Stephen Clark
DESCRIPTION: Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) are currently all the\nra
 ge\, and are now a popular method of distance learning for Computer\nScien
 ce. In this talk we explore whether some of the approaches\ndeployed in re
 cent MOOCs can be used to improve teaching quality in a\ntraditional\nuniv
 ersity setting. Last term at the Computer Laboratory we ran an\nexperiment
  replacing the lectures in one of our undergraduate courses\nwith online v
 ideos. We investigated how this form of delivery might work\nfor Cambridge
  undergraduates in tandem with the supervision system\, and\nto try to pro
 mote direct engagement between supervisors and lecturers.\nIn this talk we
  will describe the recording process we followed and the\nplatform we buil
 t for the delivery of videos and embedded interactive\nquestions for stude
 nts. We will present the data we collected from\ninterviews with undergrad
 uates\, surveys of supervisors and students\, and\nviewing statistics from
  the videos themselves. We will expand on a\nnumber of possible scenarios 
 for how this might evolve in future.\n\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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