I’ll Take My Lecture to Go, Please | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

My view = Lecture capture as SUPPLEMENTAL...NOT PRIMARY learning resources - a valid technology.  From other sources, here's a little snippet from Andrew Guess in Inside Higher Ed and referenced by Educause:

"It looks like students can be open-minded after all: When provided with the option to view lectures online, rather than just in person, a full 82 percent of undergraduates kindly offered that they’d be willing to entertain an alternative to showing up to class and paying attention in real time.

A new study released today suggests not only a willingness but a “clear preference” among undergraduates for “lecture capture,” the technology that records, streams and stores what happens in the classroom for concurrent or later viewing."

Another interesting point was the survey finding about costs and willingness of students to pay:

"Over 60 percent of respondents said they would pay for lecture capture capabilities, and of those, 69 percent said they would be willing to pay on a “course-by-course” basis rather than bundled fees."

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/09/23/capture

Jon Mott's Blog - Very Insightful Reading

The End in Mind » Blackboard & the Innovator’s Dilemma

Jon's blog gives voice to the concepts and thoughts that a lot of us have, but aren't smart enough to organize it well like he does! For example, this nugget stood out for me

"...the real disruption in educational technology will come (and is already coming) via learner-centered technologies and networking tools. A rapidly growing number of people are creating their own personal learning environments with tools freely available to them, without the benefit of a CMS. As Christensen would say, they have hired different technologies to do the job of a CMS for them. But the technologies they’re hiring are more flexible, accessible and learner-centered than today’s CMSs. This is not to say that CMSs are about to disappear. Students enrolled in institutions of higher learning will certainly continue to participate in CMS-delivered course sites, but since these do not generally persist over time, the really valuable learning technologies will increasily be in the cloud."

I encourage you to check out the full post and the other things on Jon's End in Mind blog. (Thanks to colleague Jean Mankoff for pointing out this article)

TWU ID wiki - Online Teaching and Learning

TWU ID wiki - Online Teaching and Learning
TWU's instructional design team continues to add and improve this resource base to support faculty. While not a true open wiki yet, readers are encouraged to review the wiki and make suggestions or changes.