Alison Campbell, Tracy Bowell & Lyn Hunt, University of Waikato

1. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Student perceptions of the value of Panopto Alison Campbell, Tracy Bowell, & Lyn Hunt The University of Waikato Private Bag 3105 Hamilton, New Zealand 0800 WAIKATO www.waikato.ac.nz

3. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Many academic staff express concerns that use of VLC will see a drop in lecture attendance. Student attitudes/perceptions? ?

4. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Using Panopto at the University of Waikato Surveyed students in BIOL101, STAT121, PHIL250. 168 students responded to a question on how often they used VLC resources:

6. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Of those who accessed recordings at least some of the time, 2/3 found them very helpful, & the rest ‘somewhat helpful’.

7. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Students’ reasons for using recordings indicate that the availability of lectures in this mode supports more flexible learning options:

8. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Some users look at lectures soon after the original class.

9. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Recordings are obviously used as a revision tool 

10. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO For those who didn’t use recordings, access is an issue for a large minority (20.3%).

14. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO And the lecturers’ perceptions? Concerns that making VLC recordings available would see a drop in lecture attendance weren’t realised. Good to be able to do ‘extra’ recordings to cover difficult concepts. Extremely beneficial learning tool for students who have to miss a class. Allows students to be more flexible in what & how they learn – opportunity to become more responsible for their own learning. Richer & more engaging experience than simply reading through lecture notes. Not perfect e.g. only the lecturer’s input to a class is recorded. Well worth using to reflect on one’s own teaching performance.

15. 14 October 2011 © THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO • TE WHARE WANANGA O WAIKATO Where to from here?